Barn Owl Update

[mishb]

The owls are so big/tall and I agree with you Anne......they are not very pretty.
It's amazing (with all of the bird cams we are watching) that they can get so big in such a short time.
.......and boy can they eat

[annekat]

The owls are so big/tall and I agree with you Anne......they are not very pretty.
It's amazing (with all of the bird cams we are watching) that they can get so big in such a short time.
.......and boy can they eat

Well, just look at their beautiful mother... they look like little monsters now, but they will look like her eventually!

[Sangye]

LOL Little monsters. That cracked me up.

[Al]

Well, as always, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Certainly, these are "little monsters" that a mother, at least, can love. I do find a certain aesthetic quality in each stage of their development, though I don't have to feed and preen them, which looks like a huge amount of work!

Al

[annekat]

Mama is currently out of the nest so the pile of babies is visible... some may be out of range of the camera. I see one GIANT one, two good-sized ones, and one really little one struggling to have a presence amid his older siblings.

[Sangye]

Major close up of the baby eagles right now. They're going through a bit of an ugly phase!

Mama is feeding them a dead baby bird. The camera guy zoomed in to make sure we saw what it was. Poor little thing

[annekat]

Yeah, I caught the close-ups just before I had to leave for work. Missed the dead baby bird.... Yes, the eaglets are looking more eagle-y, getting some interesting markings, not quite as ugly as the owlets, though. But the owlets' white fuzz is pretty appealing despite their faces!