 It
was another very good day for the owl family as Ward again brought in more
food than the owlets could eat. They did, however, make a spirited effort
as June carefully divided up a large bird that Ward brought in at 10am.
The biggest surprise came when June was getting ready to feed an entire
leg to Daphne (on the left) and Woody (center) reached up and took it
away. June watched in amazement as Woody swallowed the whole thing. That's
the foot sticking out of his beak, just before he finished it off. Woody
also handled himself well while June was out of the nest earlier in the
morning. He struggled back to his feet every time an older owlet knocked
him over and was standing right in the middle when June returned
from her fifteen- minute visit with Ward. One of the big reasons for
Ward's recent success with daytime hunting has been an unexplained absence
of harassing crows. Things will undoubtedly get tougher when they return. |