From Hilton Head Land Trust

The first egg has pipped, so we might see the first owl baby tomorrow!

I believe it’s been 34 days for the hatch contest.

They had a caption contest I didn’t see, and this was the winner:

The baby’s name will be… HH5! No, Elon didn’t name it. It’s the 5 the baby born in this nest. The 3 eagle chicks were the previous nestlings.

I look forward to seeing the babies and wishing them there best of luck growing up!

If you want to check in over the next few days to see the babies, click here for the live cam.

  • @[email protected]
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    86 months ago

    That first picture I tried for the longest time to figure out how the parent went together and I gave up.

    • anon6789OP
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      66 months ago

      Lol, same.

      I looked for a better pic, but it seems that’s the only screencap anyone got.

      I just wanna see that baby! 🥰

      • FuglyDuck
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        6 months ago

        it sounds like mom was eating the shell already, so probably hatched. No pics of the the ankle biter yet.

        Edit: Saw this video of a different mom startling… woah.

        • anon6789OP
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          46 months ago

          That is a cool video!

          A quick snack of shell…

    • FuglyDuck
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      6 months ago

      I might be wildly off on this, but I’m thinking something like this:


      (also, like cats, owls are both solids and liquids at the same time. Liquid Floof, you might say.) (apologies for my shitty 5yo art skills. that some how makes Mom look… sinister. pretty sure the spots with the face is… just her looking at the egg. Those are either wings or her legs, with her wings going back so she can get a look…)

      • @[email protected]
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        36 months ago

        Lol, that’s awesome, but now I think the feathers are on backwards or something because they lie the wrong way in the back of her head.

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          6 months ago

          So… here’s a different image from around then that’s a bit clearer, might be that she’s facing the same way in the photo. But you’re right now that I look at that… the light feathers are either the underside of her wings or her belly, though.

          Though here’s a current live stream image, and that’s her tail at the bottom of the picture, her head tucked way under up above. (she seems to be irritated in the wind.) so maybe that’s a shot of the back side?

          • @[email protected]
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            16 months ago

            Ok, I’m more convinced of your interpretation. But also more amazed at her shape shifting abilities.

            • FuglyDuck
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              36 months ago

              Owls are colloidal solids,