Yes … last night at sunset I learned there are actually three owlets, Great Horned Owl triplets! It was lousy light, and to see all three you’ll have to watch the movie (link for email subscribers) to see all the youngsters.
This afternoon for the first time in nine days the sun made an appearance … no rain, no snow, no high winds. Thus, I visited the nest. The youngests owlet is now branching (moving about on branches near the nest), while the younger two are still nestbound. Enjoy. (I did!)
Yesterday, I posted about a waterlogged Snowy Owl. However, given our horrible weather I decided that was not setting the bar high enough. Thus, today I bring you pictures of four wet owls (and two Killdeer). Rumor has it the sun will shine on Thursday after a stretch of nine horrible days. All photographs were taken today. Notice the ground muck in the Killdeer image.
In my continuing series of “waterlogged owls”, I enjoyed watching this female Snowy this afternoon in the pouring rain (I sat in a dry car). She did not appreciate the rain. Today is the latest (April 11th) day I have ever seen a Snowy Owl, but with migration stopped because of northeasterly winds off Lake Superior and rain, she has little incentive to head north. Snowy’s often follow waterfowl north; thus when the migration kicks back in with dryer conditions and a south wind, she should move north with her gravy train.
