When I got to Central Park today, I was shocked to see the damage from last night’s storm. Lots of trees feell including a large tree next to the owls roost tree.  A large dark area is now open to the sky.

I don’t think the owls were injured in the storm.  I saw at least two of the children and heard the parents.  They all seemed to be worried about the mob of robins than anything else.

I was able to get pictures of two of the young ones this evening.  They seem to be flying out earlier than their parents, who stay up high and act as decoys for the robins.

Well, Saturday must be bath night for these owls.  This evening in 90 degree plus weather, two of the young owls went into the stream right after fly out.  I finally was able to capture photographs of one of them bathing. 

I was also able to watch the owl dry off, but the owl preened so much, all of those photos were a soft blur.

I still can’t believe it’s June and we’re still keeping track of this family of owls.  Tonight, we got to see all three kids together.  It was nice to see they are still all doing well.

Tonight was similar to last night, except it appeared the young ones were trying to hunt for rodents in the leaf litter.  Lots of action, close to where I was along the path.

June, yes, June.  I never thought we would be able to keep track of them this long.  Tonight, it was impossible to find them until just before flyout.  Then an adult moved down, and traded calls with it’s mate.  One adult went south.

But the kids came down low, and bounced about in tree limbs about 8 feet from us, at eye level,  along the path for about ten minutes.  It was a magical ten minutes as we watched them close up.  Then they moved off for the night.