We’ve stuck out for the last few days. No sign of the owls. 

With a new young male and the warmer weather, it’s possible that they’re just exploring and staying in various tree tops.  But it’s also possible that they’ve nested and we just can’t find them.

I guess we’ll know the answer in a few months.  Owlets aren’t quiet.  That is one thing I do know.

The female called loudly this evening from the east side of Springbanks Arch.  Then she flew off to a spot over the path we used to walk down into the Loch when she had been flying out from Glenspan Arch.  She stayed there until a raccoon came near and she went due north flying right past us. 

We then lost track of her, and never saw the male this evening.

Saturday had been a wipe out.  Sunday was better with at least one owl being found.  I think I had both, but never saw them at the same time.

I was only able to get one blurry picture and a wide angle landscape in the moonlight.

It was a quiet, still night with no owls to be found.  There were about five bats, the sound of a Killdeer, and the blur of runners on the roads around the Loch.

After searching high and low for them, both owls were found just where you would expect them to be — near the damaged rustic bridge.  We heard a few calls but mostly we got to enjoy seeing them again.  They were hunting by the stream and then they went hunting for insects at the canopy level of the trees in the middle of the Loch.

We’re unfortunately no closer to finding their cavities.

Well, the raccoon sure rained on our parade! 

No sightings of the owls on Sunday or Monday evenings.

The question is were are they?  We never found the male's cavity(ies).  Is she with him?  Are they out in the open in a willow somewhere?  Have they moved away from the Loch area to a tree without raccoons nearby?  Who knows?

Owl season may be over or just starting.