I felt totally outwitted this evening. They looked to be going down to the stream after fly out, so I set up to watch them by the water. Instead, they came down, saw a raccoon and went off in a different direction. So, only one photograph tonight.
The owls were very hard to find in their standard tree this evening. The leaves are fully out on the tree.
After fly out, they went down to the stream had some fun, went close to us and then disappeared. It was great to see them by and in the water.
It was just two of us watching tonight. We lost the owls quickly after fly out. We would have gone looking for them, but a long day of birding and a warning from a Zone Gardener that a mugging had just taken place by The Pool made us choose to make it a short evening.
They were had to find and easily lost this evening. There were a group of Wood Thrushes who created a racket this evening. You’ll see the mother alarmed with her ears up and then relaxing them as the Wood Thrushes settled down.
The owls are increasingly mobile. This evening they went quickly across the drive after fly out, and we lost them after a just a few minutes.
It was an interesting evening. The owls stayed high in the tree tops. They went to the drive and seemed to be eating something in the tree tops. They also when across the drive and back. I’m afraid we’ll soon be losing track of this family.
