Our female was by herself tonight, leaving the cavity by Glen Span Arch by herself.  The owls were quiet tonight with only one or two Whinny calls from the female.

Both owls then spent a great deal of time feeding at the top of a new tree near the arch.  The male left first followed after a few minutes by the female.  With her being silent, we then lost track of both of them.

With the leaves about to leaf out, and the female being quieter, we may soon loose track of these owls as it gets warm enough for them to sleep outside of a cavity.

We saw the female in her standard cavity and all went down to the upper portion of the stream that flows from The Pool to try and get a fix on the male’s roosting spot.  We didn’t have any luck finding where he was coming from.  They both appeared and flew off to the same tree they’ve been hunting in the last few evenings.  After about 45 minutes they both flew off and we lost them.

Much to my surprise when I got home, I found pictures of both of them in the same roost cavity.  They slept in the same cavity on Monday!  Surprise, Surprise!  (He is just visible in the lower corner in the 3rd and 4th photographs.)

Tonight, the pair started at their midway point, but quickly moved to a large Red Maple tree.  They spent about twenty minutes fluttering about the tree.

They then both went east, and we picked up the female due to her calling but lost the male.  She was ended up perching on both sides of the bypass road in wonderfully bright light.

After the excitement of last night’s fishing, we had a standard night tonight.  Fly out, the meet up halfway, copulation and off to hunt for the night. 

As they settle in as a couple, it will be harder and harder to keep up with them.  And trees are starting to bud.  I’ll enjoy them as long as they let us.

Wow, we saw something fantastic tonight.  We saw the male fishing in the stream that flows from Glen Span Arch.  He stared at the water and then in a flash swooped down to the water, just touching the surface.  (Sorry, no pictures.)

Another behavior, seen in Central Park, New York City.  Add fishing to copulation, fledging, hunting, worm eating, bathing, raccoon attacking, etc.  All in Manhattan.  How great is that!

Saturday, I was only able to see the female once and was unable to photograph either of the owls, so I was a little worried about finding them tonight.

It turned out to be a wonderful evening, with helpful friends and relaxed photogenic owls.  Both owls were easily photographed tonight.

They spent some time by the small lawn on the northwest side of Glen Span Arch, hunting for either insects or worms.