Last night we watched the littlest owlet try and try and try to swallow a mouse but just couldn't do it. He/she worked and fought that mouse for over an hour and a half while I was watching and really longer than that because the cam was down and when I opened the site up it already had the mouse. I was literally laughing out loud. This youngest little one is so feisty and isn't at all bashful about grabbing the food from whoever has it. Too cute!

I was watching when the the oldest owlet displayed it's scary self. LOL! I was hoping somebody was recording and the awesome scyllabub came thru again!

Little one scores again!

Sweet video from scyllabub.

Last night Dad made a rare appearance on the nest and delivered a chipmunk. One of the owlets grabbed it away from Mom but I'm not sure which one. It's really hard to tell the difference in them at night with the IR for me. The owlet tried and tried to swallow the chipmunk and finally did after a long time of chugging. In the meantime, the other owlet saw an opportunity to sneak over and eat the snake that was on the nest.
Here's Dad:

Dad brought a little mouse to the nest tonight and mom promptly came to intercept it and eat it. While Mom was eating the mouse Dad sneaks over to the big rat in the pantry and steals it! ROFLMBO!!! This is the longest I've seen him stay on the nest since I've been watching. He must have been hungry, too. The wind has been awful today and will continue to blow hard all night. Hang on to your Horks kids!

Mom saw something she didn't like this morning and displayed her beautiful defense posture. The babies hid underneath her wings as she spread them out to cover them. So sweet.

The owlets saw something that scared them and went into defensive posture trying to look scary. LOL! Mom came pronto but she must have not been concerned with whatever they saw. They are so cute. I'm going to miss them when they're gone.

I love how she backs them up, but doesn't step in front of them.

The owlets are branching and getting ready to fledge. I'll be very surprised if both are still in the nest by Monday.

Much to my surprise, both Savannah owlets are still in their nest this morning seemingly forgetting about branching or leaving the nest for the time being. They decided to play like they're bookends instead.
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Today the biggest owlet left the nest by climbing up a limb. It later came back and has been dropping in and out of the nest having a great time! I think the little one also climbed/flew up a limb but I'm not sure if it was that one or the big one again. They look so much alike now it's hard to tell. I made a little video of some of the fun they were having.

I watched Mom Savannah do the most amazing thing today. She came to the nest, picked up the prey that had been there all day and lured and coaxed the missing owlet back into the nest. She called it to come back and you could hear it answering her, she picked up the prey and dangled it around, flew in and out of the nest where I presumed she went closer to the owlet so it was sure to see she had something to eat and finally it came back into the nest and gobbled down the food. I have never seen this before. I was amazed and glued to the screen.
This video is longer than my normal 3 min. max on my vids but I just couldn't bring myself to chop this one up and edit it. Get some popcorn.

Dad Savannah brought a snake to the nest today for brunch and sat on the limb with it until Mom came to take it from him. Here's what happened.......

Since the owlets have fledged a new visitor has been checking out the nest. Is it too late in the season in the south for an osprey nest?