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« Reply #180 on: 20-May-10, 08:11:20 PM »

each conspiratorial wink could be the last of the year...
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« Reply #181 on: 20-May-10, 08:18:13 PM »

each conspiratorial wink could be the last of the year...

Sigh!  It's always over too soon...
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« Reply #182 on: 20-May-10, 09:09:03 PM »

I have this sneaking suspicion about how #1 gets up there every evening...
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« Reply #183 on: 20-May-10, 11:47:17 PM »

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« Reply #184 on: 20-May-10, 11:57:13 PM »

Yup. This time I was right.
Chris writes:

May 20 – [8:53 PM] Owlet no. 1 has left the nest and is safely perched in the nest box tree. He/she flew from the rail to a nearby tree limb with no difficulty.

[9:48 PM] As soon as I finished writing the previous entry, I went outside with a powerful hand-held light and my camera to try to get a photo of owlet no. 1, but he/she was nowhere to be seen. Both adults were present - they moved around the yard keeping a constant watch on me, and they protested verbally when I walked under certain areas of the canopy of the two big hackberry trees at the back of my yard. That suggests that owlet no. 1 flew from the nest box tree to one of the hackberrys, a flight of something like 25 feet, if he flew between their closest branches. If so, that’s good; the dead nest box tree can’t provide much shelter, while the large, vibrant hackberrys can provide no end of places to hide.

At this age, a screech owl should be a very poor flier, but I saw this one easily gain altitude on both of her/his first two flights, so, perhaps, being one of only two owlets meant that he/she was fed so well that he/she developed more rapidly than the typical eastern screechlet, who would be competing with three siblings.

So, all indications are that things are going great for owlet no. 1. Next we’ll see how long owlet no. 2 (≅3 days younger than no. 1) remains in the nest.
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« Reply #185 on: 21-May-10, 01:36:24 AM »

I really have appreciated Dale and Ei for keeping us all posted on the Screech Owls.  Great fun...thanks you guys!

Patti
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« Reply #186 on: 21-May-10, 05:10:24 AM »

I really have appreciated Dale and Ei for keeping us all posted on the Screech Owls.  Great fun...thanks you guys!

Patti

ditto  Many Thanks!  thanx
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« Reply #187 on: 21-May-10, 08:00:14 AM »

I really have appreciated Dale and Ei for keeping us all posted on the Screech Owls.  Great fun...thanks you guys!

Patti

ditto  Many Thanks!  thanx
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« Reply #188 on: 21-May-10, 08:15:14 AM »

I really have appreciated Dale and Ei for keeping us all posted on the Screech Owls.  Great fun...thanks you guys!

Patti

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« Reply #189 on: 21-May-10, 08:54:49 AM »

I really have appreciated Dale and Ei for keeping us all posted on the Screech Owls.  Great fun...thanks you guys!

Patti

ditto  Many Thanks!  thanx
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I agree with all above that it's been so much fun to watch these 2! The expressions and captions have been priceless!  clap
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« Reply #190 on: 21-May-10, 08:59:18 AM »



Won't be long before #2 is on his way...
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« Reply #191 on: 21-May-10, 09:11:14 AM »



This one had to be a screen shot of all 4 frames...trying to get out through the top of the box...then reassessing the situation  2funny
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« Reply #192 on: 21-May-10, 10:34:43 AM »

and then the OBVIOUS solution...
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« Reply #193 on: 21-May-10, 10:38:30 AM »

and then the OBVIOUS solution...

Oh really?  And that would be? ? ?

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« Reply #194 on: 21-May-10, 10:49:42 AM »

and then the OBVIOUS solution...

Oh really?  And that would be? ? ?





Well HIDE, of course!
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