Thursday, June 17, 2010
More Owls
We've had a successful burrowing owl season. The closest habitat to me had one owl all winter long. Another came around in the spring (Can't tell the males from the females so I don't know who moved in with whom.) and now there are three little ones as well. The youngsters are almost fully fledged except for white fluffy chests. The parents sit on their poles and the kids stay right by the burrows as I walk by except for one who always scuttles into the hole.
Lately, one of the adults has taken to perching on a mailbox across the street from the burrows in the morning as I walk by. An owly finial on the postal newel post, if you will. For the last two days it has perched there as I've walked past, just beyond arm's length but less than ten feet. Close enough to clearly see the yellow iris of its eyes. There is no fear in those eyes. A little disdain, maybe, but no fear.
There are three other occupied sites within a half mile of home, one of which--in the median of the road no less--also has young. So, as of now, the population I know of has basically doubled since last fall.
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