I got to watch two delightful eyasses and their mother on Saturday afternoon. One of the eyasses lazily stayed down during most of my visit in the left hand corner, while its sibling was very active. All three did lots of panting on a 90 degree plus day.
We only saw two owls this evening. It was tough because of a late night visitor, who hunts very late for a Red-tailed Hawk.
The evening started slow with the eyasses asleep, and no one in sight. Then an American Kestrel was heard, who dove repeatedly at one of the parents. Afterwards, there was one active eyas in view before I needed to take off for the evening.
I still can’t believe it’s June and we’re still keeping track of this family of owls. Tonight, we got to see all three kids together. It was nice to see they are still all doing well.
Tonight was similar to last night, except it appeared the young ones were trying to hunt for rodents in the leaf litter. Lots of action, close to where I was along the path.
June, yes, June. I never thought we would be able to keep track of them this long. Tonight, it was impossible to find them until just before flyout. Then an adult moved down, and traded calls with it’s mate. One adult went south.
But the kids came down low, and bounced about in tree limbs about 8 feet from us, at eye level, along the path for about ten minutes. It was a magical ten minutes as we watched them close up. Then they moved off for the night.
