Reunited!

For over two weeks FuzzBall, the Great Horned Owlet, used the owl platform I built for the little guy after it fell out of its own nest. The real nest was way up high in the same White Pine, but not safely reachable. FuzzBall’s parent owls accepted my new platform and fed the bird nightly.

When FuzzBall took a walkabout one day, I thought it had met its demise to a local fox. There was an explosion of feathers where I had seen the owlet just 20 minutes earlier. However, one week ago while hiking the woods near my house I discovered that FuzzBall was very much alive and branching. It must have been living down in Amity Creek Ravine. Four days ago FuzzBall flew for the first time.

I wondered whether the two owlets after being separated for one month would start perching together. This morning answered that question!

Yesterday Evening at Sunset

• Mom Guards
• Mom gets bombed by a crow
• The Owlets … near but not together

This Morning … Reunited!

And more images from this morning. I was exploring some Bog Habitat not to far from my home (not Sax-Zim Bog)

Artichoke River (with a touch of ground fog)

Great Horned Owl at an Abandoned Farm