Mamma loafing around with the minions. (one is behind her, to the front, the other is behind and to her tail.)(edit: those are snacks,)

  • anon6789
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    28 months ago

    No worries! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed watching her this far!

    I’ve been surprised by them keeping dead things in the nest, as it seems more a vector for disease than it does nutrition.

    Also that they keep food around in general! I know many songbirds store food, but that food is much less perishable than owl food is.

    It’s been impressive to see the variety of things Mr Owl had brought back. Especially the snakes and that big bird there now. A very impressive hunter!

    • FuglyDuckOP
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      48 months ago

      It’s still fairly cool there (40s to 50s, 60’s on saturday…) so the it’s probably not too bad.

      I’m guessing normal winters (because this year’s been freakishly warm,) it’s perfectly fine to cache food like that. cuz it’s frozen.

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        8 months ago

        Looks like HH6 is out by now! Someone grabbed this around 10pm

        At 3am, someone else said it looked like momma was feeding both of them some snack strips.

        Yay baby owls! Grow up strong!

        It’s gotta be tough spending the first 24+ hours of life trying to bust out of a tiny room using just baby muscles!

        • FuglyDuckOP
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          38 months ago

          I wonder how long they’re actually aware for. I assume they’ve been mostly developed for a few days by the time they’re actually hatching.

          It’s probably a good thing we forget all that.

          • anon6789
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            28 months ago

            Lol, yeahhhhh, I’m good not having memories of that first journey… 🤣