I actually was first able to spy “Fuzz Ball the 2nd” two days ago, but I was so excited with my local evening grosbeaks yard birds (still here this morning), that Fuzz Ball had to wait for its own blog post. In fact, I went outside this morning at 6:15 am … in the rain … to insure the bird feeders were full and ready to welcome any evening grosbeaks.

Monday it was a cold, wet, and windy day. I really wasn’t very motivated to go birding, but I was concerned that my owls would think I did not like them anymore. Thus, in the drizzle I hiked over to the nest and discovered “Fuzz Ball the 2nd!” Both owlets do not really fit under Momma Great Horned Owl anymore, but that Lake Superior wind was cold!

Fuzz Ball the 2nd! (and sibling)(both trying to stay warm)

Fuzz Ball the 1st Expressing an Opinion of The Photographer!

Meanwhile the other birding has been fantastic. Migration is finally in full force. At the Pioneer Road / Rice Lake Wetlands I found this rare bird (as noted by eBird)

Short-Billed Dowitcher (and a Dowitcher in non breeding plumage)

And of course my own Evening Grosbeaks when the sun finally arrived yesterday afternoon.