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Daily Bucket: Friday Sequence: What's going on in the photo? [1]
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Date: 2022-07-01
‘Look what I can do’ seems what this one young owl is saying to the other.
Young owls like to hang out together. But what are they looking for?
A parent with FOOD. This food source surprised me a bit. I thought rodents were more the preferred food.
In an internet search I found that Barred Owls eat rodents, rabbits, opossum, shrews, small birds, frogs, salamanders, snakes, lizards, some insects, and sometimes crayfish, crabs or fish. They aren’t picky eaters. Worms were not mentioned in the article.
The first one spotting the parent flies to the parent and wins the prize.
Flying is a skill learned by practice. Here are some photos of early flying.
Barred Owls — one grooming another. I had a video of several minutes where they each took turns grooming the other. This video gives you the idea.
Learning to fly takes a lot of practice, but so does landing. Watch until the end to see the results of an unsuccessful landing.
Some close shots show the expressions which can be very entertaining.
The young can stretch their neck in a variety of poses.
Those big eyes take in everything.
Another owl looking for a food delivery.
Always aware.
We have also seen other Barred Owls in other locations in the Seattle area.
Alert owl at the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle.
Sleepy owl at the Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle.
To get away from the crows, the owls hide deeper in the trees.
Checking out for the harassing crows at Yesler Swamp in Seattle.
Hiding from crows in Yesler Swamp in Seattle
And for those of you who have stuck with me on this photo Bucket, here is my favorite video of all. One fledgling lands on a branch and does a circular movement with its head. They do this to get a different perspective on what they are looking at. Then another fledgling flies down to the ground right next to me following a leaf that was falling. It looks at the leaf, tries to eat it, decides it isn’t to eat, gets its talons momentarily stuck and then looks around at other leaves falling. If you find owls endearing, you will smile watching this.
A disclaimer: Somehow my photos would not load into the Image Library unless I made a screen copy. I couldn’t reduce the size to under 20 MB with the program I usually use. It really affected the quality of the photos. This hasn’t been much of a problem in the past, but it was for this Bucket. Sorry for the fuzzies.
You are not barred from posting your own comments and photos. Owl be interested in seeing what y’owl have to offer. It’ll be a hoot.
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