Polly & Algo are brother and sister and they produced a beautiful female Samantha. In the human world, not a good idea but in the animal, bird world, it's probably more common! Still, it kinda weirded me out also but pooh happens!!

Look at Dorothy with her grandson, E2!  Know it happens but kinda creepy..jmo

Ivy, The Shady Lady, fledged for real this morning.  She took a nice flight around the top of the building.  One adult was right beside her.

                   

Hold on to your hats...we think Will has been displaced. We caught a male bird in the box today with bands 36/R. This bird is the offspring of KathyQ and Kinney from 2012 and is named Sesenta - in honor of Kinney's 60th offspring. Yes, you read correctly. We know nothing more - whether Will is permanently displaced (or perhaps dead), whether Sesenta will hang around or just what will happen. And the bonding picture I posted yesterday was likely between KQ and Sesenta. This mother/son scenario has played out before. Falcon Crest has nothing on these guys. STAY TUNED.

   

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Heartbreaking...fly free, Rainbow Dash. 

Tesh looking lovely today...and quite dramatic

Of course!  She is, after all, the drama queen! 

...one on end of wall, one on deck. KrisG

Doesn't sound good for Stormin that this Malik is raising Stormin's kids.   

Afternoon with the family...

Kids flapping,
Beauty giving plucking lessons,
DC feeding
Nettie protecting the leftovers
Beauty feeding Tesh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKf74dOs0w#ws

Love it!  Thanks!

Little booger..he was tucked in in the new boy cave all this time...I was starting to worry

You and me both!  I had to text Donna..she knew where he was! 

I just went looking at the Cornell All About Birds website, and sure enough it says that they are sometimes heard during the day! 

Learn something new every day!  Thanks for the info.

I did too! 

What a sweet face 

Love her do too!

Ummm...you know that caulking in the seam in the roof?  Needs replacing...

                   

In the last two months we have had a barred owl hanging around, which I think has a bad internal clock.  My neighbors and myself have been hearing this bird during the daylight hours.  Now, I'm not talking about an hour before sunset or an hour after sunrise.  This bird is hooting at two o'clock or so, in the the afternoon!  And this is day after day after day.  My neighbor's 4 year old son like to ride his bike up and down the block, and while doing so, will be imitating the owl's call.  That's how frequent this is! 

Has anybody ever heard of a neighborhood owl so wacked out like this?   

This article says they hoot both day and night!


http://www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com/BarredOwlCalls.htm

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..one on wall near porch. Kris G