Amazingly, I’ve still been able to keep up with our three Eastern Screech-Owl fledglings in the North Woods. They’re starting to look more and more like adults each day.

All three kids accounted for this evening.  They have taken to dropping straight down to the low bushes to avoid the robins at fly out.  There is a Wood Thrush nest next to the owls roost with aggressive parents as well.

I didn’t see the parents, but it doesn’t seem to matter.  The fledglings are starting to look very grown up!  They’re starting to get vertical stripes in the front.

Tonight, the young owls were active early and spent about ten minutes by the stream after fly out.  Then they gave me the slip!  They’re getting older!

When I got to Central Park today, I was shocked to see the damage from last night’s storm. Lots of trees feell including a large tree next to the owls roost tree.  A large dark area is now open to the sky.

I don’t think the owls were injured in the storm.  I saw at least two of the children and heard the parents.  They all seemed to be worried about the mob of robins than anything else.

I was able to get pictures of two of the young ones this evening.  They seem to be flying out earlier than their parents, who stay up high and act as decoys for the robins.

Well, Saturday must be bath night for these owls.  This evening in 90 degree plus weather, two of the young owls went into the stream right after fly out.  I finally was able to capture photographs of one of them bathing. 

I was also able to watch the owl dry off, but the owl preened so much, all of those photos were a soft blur.