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.
All three eyasses look great. If you look at their development, especially the feathers on their heads, you’ll see the differences in ages.
Both parents visited the nest, and all five hawks were visible at once. A dead adult male Red-tailed Hawk had been found in Tompkin Square Park, so there had been concerns about the adult male of this pair. Luckily, this family seems to be doing well.
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.
