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This morning, the older sibling was exercising his wings, building strength for the day he will take his first flight. And with temperatures in the mid to high 70s today, both owlets can be seen “gular fluttering” — rapidly vibrating the muscles and membranes in their throat — as a way to cool off. This is an important behavior since...

This from a couple of days ago. Owlets are growing fast! Here they are showing off their skills out near the edge of the nest – They are getting quite good at feeding themselves!

Great Horned Owls nap while Nuthatch picks tidbits from their nest. Someone’s got to clean up the scraps! Brave little bird!  

We’re gonna eat this squirrel right after we finish our naps – Wait! Isn’t that the new Binford 4000 mowing machine?!! Turns on a dime! Fascinating!

Yum!!! Good to the last feather! Patty Frothingham

The chicks are growing fast, but it’s not always obvious just how fast. In this clip, the oldest of the two (hatched 25 days ago) decides to stretch it’s wings and stands up to reveal a huge raptor hiding inside the cute fluffball!

Developmental milestone – our partners at Cornell Lab of Ornithology just posted this video and provided the following explanation of threat displays as our older owlet demonstrates! In this clip we see the older owlet bill-clapping at some rather noisy American Crows. In both adults and older young, at least 3 forms of threat displays grade into one another. In the...

I love the way these two cuddle!! The third shot looks like all the ladies would have looked had we played golf this morning!!! Patty Frothingham  

A tender sibling moment

Mom sees intruder in the air over the nest and makes a truly impressive defensive/offensive display to make sure they don’t even think of messing with her and her chicks. Once it figures out what’s going on, the oldest owlet follows Mom’s gaze, glaring or at least staring where she’s gazing, and then once Mom settles down, it settles back down very...