Tonight, we all arrived after about 5:45.  We only saw one child, with no sign of the mother.  She may have left early to get a head start on feeding her children all by herself. 

Early in the morning this European Starling was trying to move into the owl’s cavity.

Still no sign of the father, but lots of pictures of the mother and her children in the late afternoon.

Bittersweet Solution To Our Mystery.

Our second adult is still missing but we now understand the shadows and second owls we saw Thursday and Friday.  Photographs and video revealed that there at least two hatchlings in the cavity today.

The mystery of the missing male continues.

The third night of only the female.  Was the male badly injured?  Did we get the sexes wrong and are they nesting?  A mystery.