Owl chicks getting ready to fledge

[dobleremolque]

This is the 5th year in a row we've had western screech owls nesting in the owl box in our backyard. By our count, that's a total of 9 fledglings sent into the wide, wide world. This year's chicks are set to fledge. They probably will want to hurry up; it was 107° according to our patio thermometer this afternoon in mid-town Tucson.

[RainCaster]

1. That's so very cool!

We have a barred owl nest in our woods and we love hearing the adults teach the owlets how to hoot.

[area51]

2. I love owls

and the monotonic trill sounds very soothing.

[elleng]

3. Sweet! NONE in our owl box, though county placed it for them.

[orleans]

7. you have an owl box? and the county placed it??

that's cool. it sounds like it's low enuf that you can look in? (what is an owl box anyway?)

[elleng]

8. Can't look into it, it's not high but too distant to see.

Haven't seen any action though ospreys tried to build nests on the roof.

[orleans]

10. that's still cool that there is an owl box. and ospreys? wow. nt

[JMCKUSICK]

4. They are so beautiful,

Thank you dobleremolque.

[orleans]

5. they don't look very happy imo. actually, they appear to be very skeptical about how great they heard

the world was and rather fearful about going out of the house and into the wide wide world

and who can blame them?

(they're probably thinking: "owl wait until trump goes away" )

[HeartsCanHope]

6. Their little faces are so cute!

Thank you for sharing!

[Nanjeanne]

9. Im so jealous. I've never seen an owl up close. But they are my spirit animals!