Saturday, 2-25-06

By D. Bruce YoltonOwls

I was the first to arrive at the fly out on Saturday afternoon.  I was relieved to see the Eastern Screech-Owl, who was almost run over by a car on Friday, standing in the entrance to the tree cavity.

After the problems of Friday, the fly out was back to a later time.  But something new occurred, the two owls jockeyed for position.  When it came time to fly out the owls switched places a few times, before the male left followed by the female.

He looked just fine after his close call of the earlier day.
Hey, it’s not your turn yet.  She didn’t manage to take his place.
He kept his position.
But then she did trade places.
He gets back in place and they flies out.
She flies out second.
The male looked great on a low branch near his tree cavity after the fly out.  He stayed a good long while before flying off for the night.  He looked extra cautious and it seemed very reasonable.