This title doesn't even begin to make up for how long it's been since I updated.

Okay this is cool. Well I think it's cool.

Cowardly Owl's roomate found a hole in the mesh of his enclosure and got out. While Mr. G searches for the elusive opening Cowardly Owl's roomate is in the converted fox cage with Brigitte, Diva, and Brigitte's brother.

Cowardly Owl's roomate is about as dark phase as a dark phase Great Horned Owl gets, and Brigitte's brother is about as light phase as our Nothern light phase Great Howned Owls get. They were sitting side by side. Today I was finally able to fully appreciate how suprised people are by how pale our Great Horned Owls are up here. I've been up close and personal with about as many of one as the other for four years, but I guess I somehow had never seen the contrast presented so clearly.



They really look like they could be completely different kinds of owls. From now on I'll be less suprised when people ask if Great Horneds in educational displays are Snowy Owls. If you're only used to seeing dark phases that's not such a suprising guess.

Everyone seems to be getting along alright. Still a lot of checking each other out to be done, though, of course.





Everyone's still playing nice in Eagle daycare. I think the young guy looks to be fattening up nicely. He needed more meat on his bones, and our one concern with his going outside was that he wouldn't get his share of the food. Looks to be getting his share of everything he pleases.



Here's the Red Tail supervising my clean-up of the wind tunnel.



Here's the Ferruginous supervising my - and everyone else's, for that matter - work in the yard.



Here's a truly exceptionally bad photo of the Snowy Owl, but I like how you can see the centre of gravity shift happening.



Here's the baby with bed head from last week's post. He's a full fledged Dove now. That's him closest the window.



That's what this guy will look like in two weeks.



Yes he's looking a little badly photoshopped around the edges there. Doves are lousy housekeepers. No damn wonder Noah kicked them off the ark early.

Here's a little bird that I saw in the yard and actually got a shot of! Yeah it's nasty, but I only have 3X optical zoom, and those trees are damnably tall!



Another yeah it could be better but with my camera lucky to get anything at all shot. Pelicans flying over head. Be still my heart - I don't know if there's a sight in nature that I more greatly adore. Waxed moustaches aloft!



Lastly an almost impossible to get a bad shot of to make up for the amateurisms Raider.



Puppy tongue can absolve any esthetic crime.