It was a warm evening.  Before fly out, the female posed for pictures while it was still light.  The male must be sleeping elsewhere, but we can’t find his roost.

What did we see tonight?

• The male might be sleeping somewhere else again, but we haven’t figured this out yet.
• The female came out and spent a great deal of time outside the cavity.
• She has been using a new call, that seems to be an alarm cry.  It was used before and after the male owl attacked a raccoon.
• We may have had a nestling sighting.
• The nest has lots of insects.

I’ve been away for almost a week.  I’ve come back to what may be the first signs of a nestling.  But I can’t be sure.  Both adult owls were out, but I only have photographs of one leaving the cavity.  Are the fuzzy blobs, nestlings or an adult paying a visit to the nest?  I can’t be sure.

One of the owls made lots of calls this evening, but they didn’t seem to be directed at the owls mate.  Could they be calls for the nestlings to start exploring the outside world?

Two owls popping up in the daylight, then only one flew out.  Twenty minutes later, we may have had the female fly out.  Hard to tell.  There was some buzzing of raccoons tonight.

Nice night.  An early peek out by one of the owls, then a fly out of both of them.  One seemed to return to the cavity, but no activity like the night before.  No buzzing of squirrels or raccoons.

Seven raccoons left the “raccoon tree” this evening, including a very cute little one.

The rain cleared and under blue skies we got to see an exit WITH food!  Was the mouse a left over?  Both owls quickly flew off.  No sign of kids yet, but we keep hoping they’ll be visible soon.  Is the owl wet in the last two photographs?