Nice pic of the Falls, Donna!

Beauty made a one-pic-only visit:



And another visit, for a few minutes this time:

I hope Canada will introduce the same thing, and soon.

Very interesting to watch, Shaky! Thank you! Lots of snow here too, and around -35 Celsius for the past week.

I hope everyone stays safe.

What a great blog! I love it, and the beautiful photo of the owlets. Thank you for posting this, Dumpsterkitty!

Very cute video! I remember this nest from years ago, and then it was inactive for a while. I hope there will be owlets again.

What a beautiful photo! But won't this nest be removed too?

[I so sorry to see that the youngest PPO owlet suddenly took ill. Here is what I saw. It seemed fine yesterday. Then this morning it appeared to be sleeping in the back corner but did not get up all day even when PPO tried to feed it. She fretted over it between feeding the other owlet but finally at about 12:30am Wednesday(nest time) appeared to decide that it would no longer respond and carried its inert body to the front of the nest where we could see that it was no longer alive. She has moved it a couple of more times as I write this and may remove it from the nest by morning. My condolences to all the chatters who love this little owl and especially to Tracy and Allan. Rest in peace little Rosie (as some of us had taken to calling her/him) PPO appears to be taking it in stride and concentrating on caring for the remaining owlet. What a trooper!]

Here is the FB posting by someone that follows the webcam:

I so sorry to see that the youngest PPO owlet suddenly took ill. Here is what I saw. It seemed fine yesterday. Then this morning it appeared to be sleeping in the back corner but did not get up all day even when PPO tried to feed it. She fretted over it between feeding the other owlet but finally at about 12:30am Wednesday(nest time) appeared to decide that it would no longer respond and carried its inert body to the front of the nest where we could see that it was no longer alive. She has moved it a couple of more times as I write this and may remove it from the nest by morning. My condolences to all the chatters who love this little owl and especially to Tracy and Allan. Rest in peace little Rosie (as some of us had taken to calling her/him) PPO appears to be taking it in stride and concentrating on caring for the remaining owlet. What a trooper!

Thank you, Kris. That is pretty much what I saw happen early Wednesday morning (nest time). Mom is looking after the surviving owlet; I saw him/her being fed, and Mom also had something to eat.

One of the owlets was larger than the other, and always seemed to be a little more active.

So very sad . . . I had checked the blog, and there was no update there, but it looked as if the other little owlet was on the left of the pic. Mom came in at least twice and kept trying to get a response from the owlet, and tried to move her, then left again, looking distraught. The surviving owlet looks lost; they were always together.

It's difficult to get a good look at the little ones, but today I have only seen one owlet. I am concerned that something might possibly have happened to the other owlet. I hope I am wrong; I have checked several times, and still see only one owlet moving around.

            

Great photos of Gleig and Diamante, Sage! Thank you! What a beautiful pair they are.

Is there a chance that the Buffalo cams might be working again soon?

Great report from Tracy Simpson! I don't know how she managed to find both Rhea Mae and Tiago. It's good to see both of them.

A visit from Beauty; looks as if she had a big meal.

      

Thank you for the info - I'm glad they are relatively safe, in a rural area. In the city where I live, they wouldn't have a chance. I don't think I've heard of a "sentinel goose" before.

Many birds will have one member of the flock watching for danger while the others are going about their business. I've heard them called the sentinel. That just seemed to be what that one goose was doing LOL!

Makes sense to me. I like that idea!

They're usually penned-same pen with the cow & the sentinel goose in the last picture-but they seem to get out somewhat regularly. The fence looks like it's seen better days. This is the first time I've seen them cross the road, but it is very rural so we're always on the lookout for something. One night I followed an escaped cow and her owner down the road.

Thank you for the info - I'm glad they are relatively safe, in a rural area. In the city where I live, they wouldn't have a chance. I don't think I've heard of a "sentinel goose" before.

These are great photos, Dumpsterkitty! The geese are beautiful. Are they able to walk around safely without anyone bothering them?