Urban Hawks

Two owls popping up in the daylight, then only one flew out.  Twenty minutes later, we may have had the female fly out.  Hard to tell.  There was some buzzing of raccoons tonight.

Nice night.  An early peek out by one of the owls, then a fly out of both of them.  One seemed to return to the cavity, but no activity like the night before.  No buzzing of squirrels or raccoons.

Seven raccoons left the “raccoon tree” this evening, including a very cute little one.

The rain cleared and under blue skies we got to see an exit WITH food!  Was the mouse a left over?  Both owls quickly flew off.  No sign of kids yet, but we keep hoping they’ll be visible soon.  Is the owl wet in the last two photographs?

It looks like the female went out first with a push from the male.  She has a feather stuck to her mouth if you look closely.  We found an owl shortly after the fly out but couldn’t tell if it was him or her for sure.

The male was visible by the bridge and the female in nest cavity.  Both owls few out, but we think the female quickly returned.

The male continued his buzzing of the raccoons and we got to see him deliver “take out” which includes a soft call to “ring the doorbell” that said the pizza man has arrived come to the door dear.

A young Red-tailed hawk was in the neighborhood at sunset.