 June
looks exhausted after a hectic day of feeding the unruly owlets. Rufus
continued to wheeze the loudest and reach the highest, so he usually got
fed first. Emily, however, conceded nothing and often tried to steal the
food from Rufus' mouth, while Seymour waited his turn. Sooner or later,
June got around to them all. Ward had another good night and continued his
hunting into daylight to deliver his last mouse at 9am. Mouse now seems to
make up at least 70% of their diet. Today's activities also included some
mouse training in which June appears to be trying to teach Rufus to eat a
whole mouse. She calls to him while pretending to swallow the mouse
herself before putting the whole mouse in his mouth. It is of course far
to big for him to swallow, but he tries valiantly until she takes it back
and splits it up among the owlets. Owlets have been known to swallow surprisingly
large prey items, but this was too much for an eight-day-old Rufus.
Despite being last in line, Seymour appears to be growing and looks very
healthy. |