We were at the nest by 7:15am, so we had them all to ourselves. The bigger one was flapping his wings like crazy.....
By our calculations, the owlets are almost 6 weeks old. So we feel the big guy may be leaving the nest later this week. Guess I know what I'm doing every evening this week. Hanging at the nest to maybe see this guy launch himself out of the nest :)
Hanging at the owl nest is pretty boring for Molly dog, so we walked around the west lake. Dogs can be off leash, so we had a nice walk around the lake. It was pretty quiet as far as wildlife...I saw the great blue heron and a few mallards and that was about it.
We headed back to the nest and now the owlets were napping. The great horned owls have many cat like characteristics. The way they groom themselves always reminds me of my cats. So the way the owlets were napping reminded me of how kittens just fall asleep in awkward positions....
How cute is that! They snoozed for a bit and then woke up and posed for me....
My my my....how cute are they!
Momma Cher was in her usual spot( high up in a tree) watching over the kids and this handsome guy, Sonny was sitting nearby too.
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