| Don't be fooled by what appears to
be a peaceful bunch of owlets huddled together in the middle of the nest
box. They are ready to explode at the slightest provocation. In the
instance pictured below, they are reacting to a small branch falling on
the roof which they mistook for a food delivery. That's Seymour in the
rear reaching up and trying to push Emily because she is standing in front
of the door. Rufus, who was napping and may have suspected a false alarm,
was a little slower to react but soon joined in the wild scuffle. It took
them five minutes to calm down again.
June joined Ward in the hunting for most of the night and between them
they delivered an incredible amount of food. They started with twelve
deliveries between 8:30pm and midnight, but then made only four additional
deliveries for the remainder of the night. Since neither of the adults
entered the nest to supervise, I assume that they were accommodating
Seymour by providing more food than the older owlets could eat. They all
look fine this morning and June is taking advantage of the warmer weather
to get out of the nest and sun herself. |
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