My last post was a test to see if I could upload video… yep I can. So now I thought I’d show you some of the photos and videos I’ve gotten this week and a half, most are before I could really make out the owlets. It all started when one of my neighbors told me that they could see a bobcat in the little cave across the way and that if I got some binoculars I could see it too. I, of course, tried to take a photo with my camera phone… but the cave was too far away to make out anything.

So I went and got out my ‘moon camera‘, my Nikon CoolPix P900 (see a previous post review part 1 & part 2 on this cool camera), and was able to get some interesting pictures. I soon remembered my photography days; going when the light was better, finding a better vantage point, etc. it’s all coming back to me after some 6 years later. The little owlets will be growing up and learning to fly, hopefully they will stay in that little cave so that I can try to document it. Until then, enjoy the journey I’ve been on this week and a half…

First (good) photo (Feb. 20, 2023)… definitely not a bobcat…

Then next time I could get a good photo, I swear I could see some legs off to the side of the cave, still wondering about my neighbor thinking it was a bobcat (Do bobcats and owls get along? Surely not…) … we started doing some research… we think she is a Great Horned Owl and those legs might be her lunch, a rabbit…

I had to wait days between taking her photo because it was cold and rainy and I wasn’t willing to go out there in the rain. So a few days later, the legs are gone…

I found a different vantage point, I think I saw an owlet, but it’s too early to tell…

Feb. 27, I’m still only witnessing possible lunch in the cave with her…

Feb. 28, I happen to catch some action (yes, I definitely think those are owlets!), and also learn the best time of day to get better photos (click to enlarge)…

Mar. 1, I see some fuzzy beings are those owlets?

In this video, I think I see some legs occasionally kicking out from her belly, and possibly a head?

This video basically shows that I’m crazy, standing out in the cold and wind, she’s cold too… those owlets are not coming out while I’m watching…

Ok… and now I think we are caught up. What wonders will I see thru my lens? Find out next time…

Until next time…

~nic

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