FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] barn owl update for wilson county

["Jan" <dirtdiggerjan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

good news!  we have a baby barn owl!!  saw it first last week (in the same nest 
cavity that we saw last summer's parent birds which subsequently died on 
september 1 and 2 leaving 2 nearly grown owlets) but didn't realize til 
yesterday that it was a young one til we noticed it's "really bad hairdo".  
it's all fuzzy and fluffy instead of neatly feathered.  he sits on the edge of 
the cavity during the day and watches the goings on in our yard and seems to 
find us very interesting.  he's stayed out for a couple of hours on occasion 
tho frequently disappears for a nap.  parent birds are very edgy and usually 
fly away at night when we go near the tree tho this young one sits calmly and 
observes in daylight-we haven't seen it at night yet nor have we seen the 
parents in the daytime-they are really hard to locate in daylight.  what a 
wonderful development now after losing the parent birds last year.  
jan donaldson
watertown, TN
wilson county
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