Goodbyes

We may never see these owls again. I don't have a lot of time to visit the Owl family right now and it won't be long until the babies are taking flying lessons.

Here are a some photos from a couple of days ago (thanks to Mr. Carol for Peace). Both kids were out of the nest and mom and dad were hanging out in different trees nearby.

See both of them? (Little guy is down in the left-hand corner.) One is much more mature than the other.

Big Brother

I've been trying to figure out how the babies got out of the nest and onto tree branches. For the past few days, they have been perched high in another cottonwood that sits a few feet away from their nest. They must be able to fly a little already - probably taking night classes in flight instruction.

I tried to watch them as long as I could (as long as my neck could stand to crane and my arms could tolerate holding the binoculars to my eyes), because I wanted to be there when they got a meal delivery or decided to move to a new branch. But neither of those things occurred on my watch.

I'm going to miss the little fellers.