The thread wherein I post pics of hooters and chicks

[IronWing]

Bigboxes suggested that I consolidate my owl pics into one thread so here it is.


March 31, 2018
Couple number one have a nest down in town so I'll call it the town nest. They used the same nest last year and successfully fledged four chicks.

This is mama and she's legal so it's okay to ogle her.

This is dad and simply put, he's a doll baby. Just don't let him catch you ogling his main squeeze. Dad's pretty shy so you may not see any more pics of him in this thread. Time will tell.

 

[IronWing]

April 01, 2018

Couple number two have a nest in the suburbs so I'll call it the suburb nest. This nest has been used by great horned owls almost every year for the past three decades. Of the seventeen years I've lived here, the nest has produced chicks sixteen years.

This is mom. She's a stay-at-home mom and stays on the nest pretty much full time. Mom thinks I suck.

This is dad. He hangs out in nearby trees and brings home the bacon, the rabbits, the lizards, the snakes, and anything else that fits in his talons.

 

[IronWing]

April 10, 2018

Chicks at the town nest!

Mom with newly hatched chick. I suspect that the chick is only a day old here, maybe two. There are two chicks in the town nest this year.

 

[IronWing]

April 12, 2018

Mom with chick at the town nest.

 

[IronWing]

April 17, 2018

Mom with both chicks at the town nest.

Two chicks, one nest at the suburb nest!
The suburb nest is huge with lots of places to hide chicks so I didn't spot the two chicks until the day before this photo was taken. The town chicks are a few days older than the suburb chicks which makes a big difference in their appearance.

 

[IronWing]

April 23, 2018

Mom and baby at the town nest. The town nest is in a tree that died between last year's breeding season and this year so the nest is very exposed and hot (Tucson). Mom has to spend all day sheltering the chicks from the sun and heat.

 

[IronWing]

April 25, 2018

Mom and the two chicks at the town nest. They grow so fast.

 

[IronWing]

April 28, 2018

Mom and chick at the suburb nest. The chicks had disappeared from view for a few days and mom was not sitting on the nest like she had been leading me to conclude that the chicks had died. Happily, it was a false alarms and the chicks reappeared.

 

[IronWing]

April 30, 2018

Chicks at the town nest. Landscapers were using a leaf blower near the nest, chasing mom off and pissing off the chicks.

 

[IronWing]

May 02, 2018

Baby at the suburb nest. The chicks don't seem to like me anymore than mom does.

 

[IronWing]

May 03, 2018

Mom and baby at the town nest.

 

[IronWing]

That's all for tonight, I'll add more tomorrow. I'm going to bed.

 

[pcgeek11]

Nice Hooters!

 

[sdifox]

op doesn't realise they are eyeing him as dinner.

 

[sandorski]

Too much Bestiality. Would not fap to again.

 

[Burpo]

Nothing clever to say here.. Thanks for allowing us to view thru your eyes. Nice shots!

 

[bigboxes]

Yeah, you got a really cool collection there. I'm jealous and wish I had taken the pics.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Nice work, thanks for posting.

For the fellow geezers of ATOT, here's more from 1987

 

[William Gaatjes]

Great photos.
Moar picatures !

 

[mikeymikec]

I think the story that these pictures tell is the mum spies a creepster taking pics of her family, the young aren't really aware of you to begin with, but they all end up giving you stink-eye. Post 7's one is when one of the young realises what the others are saying about you and is in shock/agreement with the others. Post 6's shows the young thinking, "FFS, you again".

 

[IronWing]

May 06, 2018

A crappy phone pic of the suburb nest. Mom and the two chicks are in view. The chicks are getting more adventurous moving around on the branches above the nest.

 

[IronWing]

May 07, 2018

At the town nest, the chicks have the nest to themselves. Mom moved to a nearby tree to shade up. The older chick is losing it's fuzz.

The younger chick still has a ways to go even though the two chicks are only a day or two apart in age.

Meanwhile at the suburb nest, mom has the chicks hidden from the sun and heat (102F today).

 

[IronWing]

May 09, 2018

At the town nest, one chick flew the coop and is shading up in a tree near the nest. It's not really fledged yet and is dependent on the parents for food and protection from predators and creepy guys with cameras.

The other chick is taking advantage of the extra room and sprawling out. In the pics below the chick is intently watching a roadrunner run off with a lizard.

 

[IronWing]

May 09, 2018 (con't)

Meanwhile at the suburb nest, the chicks are hanging with mom and offering disapproving looks.

 

[IronWing]

That's it for now. During my morning walk I saw that all owls are accounted for at the suburb nest. I haven't checked the town nest yet today.