They were had to find and easily lost this evening.  There were a group of Wood Thrushes who created a racket this evening.  You’ll see the mother alarmed with her ears up and then relaxing them as the Wood Thrushes settled down.

The owls are increasingly mobile.  This evening they went quickly across the drive after fly out, and we lost them after a just a few minutes. 

It was an interesting evening.  The owls stayed high in the tree tops.  They went to the drive and seemed to be eating something in the tree tops.  They also when across the drive and back.  I’m afraid we’ll soon be losing track of this family.

It was a nice evening.  The owls were back in their regular tree and used the jungle gym of fallen trees near the stream.  The fledglings spent time on the ground and by the stream bed.

Owl watching is getting a lot harder.  We couldn’t find them in any of the standard roost trees this evening.  It took quite awhile for us to find them.  Picture taking was next to impossible.  While this is disappointing for me, it is a great sign that the young owls are becoming more and more independent.

It was an interesting evening.  One of the fledglings had a bird with it at dusk and was busy eating it before the fly out.  Then the young owls spent a great deal of time on the ground.  I think the parents are starting to encourage them to hunt and forage for themselves.