Chris' Austin, TX Owlcam 2014

[dale]

"April 1 – 12:38 AM CDT – One egg can be heard 'peeping,' so the hatching process is beginning."

The live cam is up now
http://www.chrisowlcam.net/2014/view-live.html
From what I understand, if you're still browsing with Internet Exploiter you might not be able to watch the motion version. Try anyway, I may have misunderstood.

I saw an owlet moving at 1:35 pm central time; around 3:30 I could swear I saw something else moving under there, as well as an eggshell. She may have 2 today.

[Lizz]

I clearly see two chicks and a pip in a third egg!   

[dale]

yep!! i was just about to post a picture of that.
What this virtuoso timing may well mean is that she somehow sensed -- back on the 14th or 15th, whenever -- that the one egg out of 5 was maturing too quickly and kept it uncovered for all those hours, then took it back. Too bizarre to comprehend!

[Kris G.]

yep!! i was just about to post a picture of that.
What this virtuoso timing may well mean is that she somehow sensed -- back on the 14th or 15th, whenever -- that the one egg out of 5 was maturing too quickly and kept it uncovered for all those hours, then took it back. Too bizarre to comprehend!

No sound though?

[dale]

not yet. He doesn't have a lot of money and has no support in this new setup (before he was on the University server), so he can't afford a lot. He's paying for it all himself.

[Kris G.]

not yet. He doesn't have a lot of money and has no support in this new setup (before he was on the University server), so he can't afford a lot. He's paying for it all himself.

Ah, OK, just checking that it wasn't me!  Thanks!

[dale]

Egg no. 3 hatched at 8:04 PM. Mme. Owl seems to be postponing her constitutional this evening to provide the owlets with their first feedings.

Is she a pro or what? 3 hatchings in one day!

[Kris G.]

Egg no. 3 hatched at 8:04 PM. Mme. Owl seems to be postponing her constitutional this evening to provide the owlets with their first feedings.

Is she a pro or what? 3 hatchings in one day!

         

[Donna]

Egg no. 3 hatched at 8:04 PM. Mme. Owl seems to be postponing her constitutional this evening to provide the owlets with their first feedings.

Is she a pro or what? 3 hatchings in one day!

She is!! Don't tell DC, he'll want that too! 

[dale]

I suspected it a few hours ago, but just now I definitely saw 4 heads and one egg

(and assorted dead birds and mice - nice decor)

[dale]

April 4 – It looks like egg no. 5 hatched today. There is now a smaller, lighter colored owlet among the other owlets.

[Donna]

5, should be interesting!! No snakes!!! 

[dale]

They eat texas blind snakes all the time!

[Donna]

They eat texas blind snakes all the time!

Well if they are blind, they don't know what they are getting in to! As long as they eat the snakes and not the other way around! 

[dale]

oh, dear.