 Emmett
made many trips to the door today and stayed up there for as long as five
minutes. He looks like he is almost ready to go, but has not yet reached
for the owl rail or attempted to climb down to it. Abigail and Ernie,
however, still have a lot of work to do. While Ernie always manages
to leap high enough when June shows up as he is seen doing here, he has
not attempted to reach the door while she is away. Instead, he spent
his day whining wheezing and throwing wood chips all over the other
owlets. They don't seem to be bothered by his antics and just stare at him
when he does it. June delivered two mice today and each delivery set off a
wild round of wheezing and leaping for the door. This suggests that Ward and June are indeed cutting back on their food. |
 Abigail
made a couple of serious attempts to get to the door, but still hasn't
gotten the footwork right. She jumps more than high enough to make it into
the doorway, but always falls back after hanging by her beak for a while
as she is seen doing here. She just can't seem to find the owlet steps
with her feet. It is, however, largely a matter of motivation and I'm sure
she will figure it out soon. I expect all of the owlets to be much more
active tomorrow. Ward continues to roost in a distant part of the
territory and called home at around noon today. The owlets were asleep in
the nest when he called, but quickly snapped their heads in his direction
and started wheezing. |