Skylark was asleep on an egg with it's little wings open. I went full screen and couldn't see another pip but all the eggs have so much schmutz on them it's impossible to tell.

Roy's first treat of the night was a gopher. He flies in with the goods, does IT and of course goes to the door to breathe in the night air.


Video by debbiemango.

Roy brought a big wabbit right after the big gopher. He was on his game right out of the gate tonight. He's definitely stocking the pantry now.

Video by debbiemango

Boy howdy, this waiting is for the birds.

Once again Roy comes to the hideout and blocks the cam view tonight with his big ol head. He's standing there asleep and Dale is chittering non stop. The mods said it was highly unlikely that egg #2 would hatch at this point so they are now moving on to the hatch of egg #3 which should be tomorrow sometime.
Roy needs to shave.

We have a confirmed PIP! Maybe we'll get to see the new little one later today.

Egg #3 is hatching! Owlet is not completely out yet but they zoomed on it and I got a snip of it's tiny wing outside the egg with Sky's wing laying on top of the egg. So cool to see that happening. Egg #2 was a dud and will eventually become part of the gag shag carpet.

Egg #3 official hatch time was 5:20pm PT. The name of the newest owlet is Starling who joins #1 hatch Skylark.

Egg #2 was a dud.

We have eggs #4 and #5 still waiting to hatch.

Dale left for a few minutes tonight and OwlCamGuy did a zoom on the babies. They look like little aliens.

Close up of one of the owlets.
Thanks Emmie!

Treat report from overnight was 1 rabbit, 1 mouse and 2 gophers. Roy made a fast visit this morning at 5:46 a.m. and took back one of the gophers. LOL
Dale still has plenty of food in the pantry for the day. She has been in the box now since around the middle of January.

Here's a video by mrdrake 02012 of Roy taking back one of his gophers.

Chickadee arrives by debbiemango.

Last night's treat report:
Roy has delivered 3 gophers and a mouse so far. Roy unzipped the gopher and regifted it to Dale
Here is a debbiemango video of Roy regifting the gopher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5NrvzG_Jdo&feature=youtu.be

Dale hears MO (mystery owl) and chases him off. This just amazes me every time it happens. She hears him - which is a testament to their keen hearing because they are silent flyers - and instantly knows it's not Roy and takes off after him. Unreal. Don't mess with Dale.
Video of the MO chase from mrdrake02012