Those were mine, Dale.  There was some great flying that day.

Thanks! Those are great.
You guys should all put a little tiny signature on your falcon shots so we can give credit where due.

excellent! thanks, Ei.
Anyone else wiggling uncomfortably around on his or her chair as they watch that ?

Oh!    It came earlier!
I saw them both clearly on cam at 1:30, when she settled down over them, but there wasn't anything I could see in earlier archive stills.

Cool, huh? We didn't expect it/them to be so big already.
The other day three (3!) hawks were hazing the nest -really close - lots of noise.
It has been pretty lively around there.

first sighting of owlet

yup. main cam showed them both at about 1:30 when she was up sort of complaining and twitching her tail, and then she settled back down on them.

who's the photographer? I don't remember...

these are both quite beautiful

she is telling them bedtime stories

sure. "Once upon a time a penguin walks into a bar..."

SO bored she's brushing up on her imitations:
"Here's a penguin..."  "No, no...here. Here's a penguin..."

very nice picture, Paul - in all that painted metal.

...just waiting. patiently. for something...
with a tail.
a mouse. a texas blind snake. a gecko. a male screech owl. anything with a tail.

No, I mean, I'm really really really waiting...
get your tail in here...

...just waiting. patiently. for something...
with a tail.
a mouse. a texas blind snake. a gecko. a male screech owl. anything with a tail.

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Egg!!!