One or both GHOWs came to the box about 6 times last night, and one has been there all morning. Not only that, the game of "guess the prey" has begun!
First, at about 9:30 last night, an owl arrived with what looks like a mouse. It dropped it on the floor of the box and left it uneaten- maybe a gift for the momma-to-be from daddy owl?
About an hour later, the mouse was still sitting there, but shortly thereafter, an owl arrived and dispatched it. Wonder if they taste better cold?
But that was just the hors d'oeuvres- the main course arrived at dawn, as an owl arrived out on the perch with breakfast dangling below it:
What was on the breakfast menu? A duck- perhaps a Mallard by the looks of it? Now that's good eating! As of "press time" (my lunch break ~12:45 pm), the owl hadn't left since this morning. I wonder if the female is about ready to lay eggs and begin incubating?
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The owlets in Bakersfield are about a week old now. Great camera action there if you like bird cams. Good to know Valmont will have owlets to follow too (hopefully anyway).
http://www.cs.csubak.edu/owlcam/camera.php
Thanks for the individual frames, Bill. I'm diggin' it.
BTW, I picked up some Manic Panic the other day.
All Right! Did you go for the Vermilion Flycatcher red?
It looks close to it while in the bottle. I'll take it to the hair stylist for her perusal and send a pic after the eventual goopage.
A few nights ago, there were 2 owls in the box at the same time - very cool!
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