From Cynthia Rand
I spent some time with these Screech Owlets yesterday. It never gets old! These two babies will be Roufus morphs, you can tell by the red coloring around the eyes.
Do you like owl babies and fledglings?
I hope you do, because I’ve been getting tons of great pics and stories of them, so they’ll be quite a few. Most of this year’s young ones will be under their parents supervision to some extent yet to get them through their first winter.
Even with help, it’s a tough life to live in the wild. Even though as adults they will be top predators, many others will see them as key to their survival while they are small. I see widely ranging numbers, but only 25 to 50% will make it through their first year.
I wish the best of luck to all these little owls, and I hope to see them with their own babies soon!
Yes. Yes. Yes. So yes, give us all of them fledglings.
You’ll get all kind! Sleepy, hungry, grumpy, happy, lazy, excited. You name it, and it’ll be there embodied in an owlet!
