apparently on Friday the eyases had TWO birds delivered for dinner.
Good thing they don't have the phone number of Dave's Italian Kitchen across the street...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/hey-animals-are-awesome-too_n_3325850.html

they've been swooping for a long time already. The scrape, after all, is only on the third floor.
Every year it gets hard for a while NOT to see a falcon in Evanston.
This photo is a few days old - forgot to post it because I was laughing too hard at that state birds article

They're GREAT suggestions!!
But I also laughed until tears ran down my face.
TWICE.
In public.
the IL state bird SHOULD be the greater p. chicken-
and a lot more journalism should be written this well!

one of the several drawings I did of Ihteram as an eyas

thank you. really!

in exchange, I can offer a hilarious article about state birds. I think I'd nominate the allosaurus for one.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/state_bird_improvements_replace_cardinals_and_robins_with_warblers_and_hawks.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_plugin_activity

happy birthday!!
all the very best, my friend!!

Happy birthday (late), Patti - hope it was great - and that the other 364 will also be not too shabby!

I can't tell if she's feeding them or just marveling at the mess!

chick

Wanna know how prey feels?
The second time they film it they put you in the mouse's position.
Worth the watch-through.

Slow Motion Barn Owl Attack - Slo Mo #11 - Earth Unplugged

Chris reports hearing and seeing all four owlets (three in the same tree, one more distant) -- and posted photos of two of them

yeah, they always look funny slurping up geckos. You look for the meatballs and tomato sauce.

great video. It was during the day after the first branching. three owlets and Mme. in the box, and a bit of everything for the connoisseur - slurpy amphibian-eating, mom trying to dislodge an owlet that is inconveniently plugging the exit hole, owlets promiscuously hoping for food from any possible source, etc.
http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/owl/2013/20130415/video/20130415-235053-CDT.mp4

Owlet 4 watches owlet 3, who has just left the box, climb away.
Owlet 4 followed suit shortly, albeit in a different direction.
Great description from Chris on the main page - his two retrievals of owlets (from the ground and too-low) and the tiny puncture wounds he has to show for his kindness...