Tuesday, May 11, 2010

New Batch of Baby Owls

We have a new batch of baby owls this spring.  This year our mom only had 2 and this one got out of the nest and couldn't get back in.  At about 1:30 am Trent and I woke up to something banging on our bedroom window.  I was really glad Trent was home b/c it was freaky and it's not fun waking up that way.  Anyhew...we figured out that it was one of the baby owls.  The mother was on our roof screeching at it and it was afraid to fly or something b/c it wouldn't leave our window sill and each time it tried, it's wings bashed into the window.  We were afraid it was going to hurt itself, but it jumped to the ground and that was that.

The next morning it was hanging out under Trent's truck and it ducked for cover into the bushes as Trent pulled out the driveway.  We weren't sure what to do.  We were worried about a coyote getting it, but the next night we could hear it and it's mother "talking".  The next day I took photos when I spied it in our yard.  Later that day, I spoke to our neighbor who's a bird guy (he has pigeons) and he called the local game warden who promptly came and got it.  Just another adventurous day living in the grove.

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