My ninth burrow of owlets was on Hoskins Road on June 21. They were set back off a secondary farming road and I didn't have a very good view of them. So I found access to the secondary road which gave me a much better view. As I got to the better spot it took a few minutes for one owlet, then another to poke their heads out of the hole. Then a few minutes later I was surprised as a parent popped out of a different hole adjacent to it, then a third owlet next to the parent. Then I enjoyed watching them move about and interact with each other.
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| This is the burrow. The hole to the left is where the first two owlets emerged. The hole to the right is where the parent and third owlet emerged. |
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| Owlet 1 emerges. |
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| Then owlet 2 emerges. |
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| Then a parent emerges from the second hole. |
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| Followed by owlet 3. |
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| Owlets 1 and 2 venture out and move over toward the second hole. |
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| Owlet 1 ventures over to the other side of the second hole and does some neck stretches. |
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| Owlet 1 then sits down on its haunches, a behavior I've only seen once or twice before. |
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| A couple of group shots, then time to move on. |
Pictures #4 and #5 are the best--one with the owl cocking his head and one with an owl with an open mouth. The one with closed eyes near the end is pretty cute too.
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