Fuzz Ball is doing fine. Here is a PRIVATE video (link). It does NOT show up on my YouTube channel and will be deleted by Monday. Thanks for everyone’s support. Molly and I cheered when I watched the trailcam video and confirmed feeding was occurring. The signs were obvious, but it was still extremely nice to see the actual evidence.
These five photographs of Mom were taken this morning. She is in the “protect and attack” mode. Crows can be relied upon to attack every morning around sunrise (5:27 am). I waited patiently watching for 15 minutes knowing that eventually she would attack. However, the images really took months to set up:
- First I hiked after sundown last winter in the deep snow listening to the hoot
- Eventually I found the nest on March 8th
- I monitored the nest for months, learning behaviors and figuring out favorite perches
- I used that knowledge to take a photograph
tears are in my eyes -cheering that dear owl family on- plus cheering for you and molly! thank you from the heart for your work and keeping us posted.
Rich- what dedication and a testament to observation and dedication. Fuzzball Team! Awesome to see the journey and outcome of caring for a life.
So nice to see proof of parenting!
This video is just fantastic. Thank you so very much. Congratulations to you and Moly and the whole Owl Family!
Great story and photos! This is a great story rarely experienced by people. Owlet tumbles out of nest facing certain death by predators, man intervenes — right or wrong, parent owls accept intervention while fighting off crows, and this chapter of the story ends with ….
Dear Richard thank you and Molly so much for your dedication to the care of Fuzz Ball! It is so wonderful to see them feeding the owlet!! You two are terrific!