Last Pix owl chicks

As the leaves continued to come out in the woods behind our house, it became more and more difficult to locate the owl chicks. Not only were they behind leaves, but they were getting higher and higher in the trees! Here are the last two owl chick photographs for this year. In one, a chick is brightly lit. In the second, the two owls are side-by-side on a branch and you're looking at the pair almost edge-on.



Note: barred owls are supposed to be loyal to their territory, so, given that they had a successful nest this year in the sycamore, there's a good chance that we'll see them again March - May of 2010. Our fingers are crossed.