OMG..we have babies !

Momma great horned owl's babies are starting to move around. Not the greatest pictures and not sure if you will see the baby or not. The baby is pure white and fussy under her back end feathers.

One more pic, babies are so small it's really hard to see them.

oh .. how precious!!

Oh, that is the cutest and most amazing little thing. Thank you for posting.

Thanks, as they get bigger I can get some better pictures. I've heard there are at least two, but I only saw the one so far. Soon they will start moving around more and climbing on the tree branches.

Thanks so much better!!

OMG.. how neat is that... so cute seeing that baby peeking out

Yahoo, congratulations! I've been watching for this :) Thanks for keeping us in the loop..errr, nest?

~Sunny

Wow, Too cool!! Congrats!! How Awsome!!!! I was waiting for you to post something on the new arrivals, I knew it would be soon, Keep us updated!

Oh, very cool! Great shots & keep us posted.

I sure will keep you posted. It has been so bird boring around here for about the past two months. All in a sudden the birds are flying in like crazy. Yesterday I had yellow-headed black birds, red-winged, 5 hummingbirds, 3 orioles, and a finch in my yard all at one time. Today I was really excited to see baby owls ! Can't wait to get more pictures of them.

Baby owls, how special! Keep us posted on how they do. Lucky lucky you!

Oh Man!!! They both look so soft and cuddly. Momma looks tired a bit in that first photo. Too bad you can't baby.. er owl sit for her for a bit and get more wonderful photos! This is just so precious and incredible. Thank you so much for sharing something I might never have seen otherwise.

Janet

Just wonderfull. Thank you so much.

"All in a sudden the birds are flying in like crazy. Yesterday I had yellow-headed black birds, red-winged, 5 hummingbirds, 3 orioles, and a finch in my yard all at one time. Today I was really excited to see baby owls ! Can't wait to get more pictures of them" ~>
Sounds like the past couple day's have been pretty exciting around there!! A lot going on!! Hope I start to see birds like that in my yard soon! Looking forward to more pics of the young''ins!

Here's a pic I got of the yellow-headed black bird. Another one of my favorite birds. I will see if I can get more pics of the babies today. I'm glad you guys are enjoying see them.

Great photos! We hear owls at night a lot, so DH said he would build a box for them. Last night I heard what sounded like owls having a make out session right outside. It was fascinating - lots of hoots, but in between were softer sounds and fluttering I have never heard before. We'll have to look around and see if we can spot a nest.

Wow I love that Yellow Headed Blackbird!

kap: Hopefully you do have a nest around there, it sounds like it. I didn't know owls would nest in boxes..but let me know if one does.
Thanks Pelletory, they are a neat looking bird.

I never knew there was a yellow-headed Blackbird! Nice shot!

Love the pic of the yellowheaded blackbird, I believe thats the first time I've ever seen one! Thanks for sharing that shot!

I've never heard of the YHBB either, and we get an awful lot of birds going through our area. You take good pictures, BB.

Thanks kaperc, don't know if they migrate thru your area or not..I think we are only about 2 hours apart ? As far a pictures, I just click away and look at them later. I usually have more bad than good (lol).

Wonderful photos, betterbloom!! Love the baby owls, of course, but great photo of the blackbird, too!

Thanks again everyone. I will see if I can get some pics of babies tomorrow. I spent most of my day in the garden and trying to get pics of the orioles. This was the best I can get for now.

orioles are so beautiful!! Nice picture!

Our orioles haven't shown up yet - and your's are much more orange than ours! Are those Bullock's?
We get the hooded variety here and I'd better get their feeder out.

Okay, so this morning I'm out looking for orioles, looked up in my tree,............dad owl ! He's obviously watching my bird feeder. Took a walk by the momma owl, whew....the tree smells like skunk. (their favorite food). Didn't see any babies, they must be sleeping.

BB, this is just so fascinating! Thank you for the continuing updates, and all of the other cool birds you've posted.

I am still enjoying this so much as well...and finally...the dad. I had no idea they ate something as big as a skunk.

kaperc: Yes I think I have the Bullocks's ..but have seen a hooded here last year. I have been told there are over 100 different kinds of birds here and I have to believe it...last year a guy down the street got a picture of a scissortailed flycatcher and I got a picture of a rose-breasted grosbeak..both were way out of their area.

Oooh, we love flycatchers - and a scissortail, my oh my. Here's a link to a picture so folks know why I'm impressed - such lovely birds. https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyard_birds/bird_id/scissortailed_flycatcher.aspx

We get a lot of variety here, too, but so many are small birds and I can't see them well enough to identify. I'm better with the bigger ones. Usually, I spot and my DH describes - we're a team. We had a pair of killdeer last year and we're hoping they will return.

kaperc: That was an interesting link on the scissortail. Looks like you may see one sometime. Are you in the migratory path also ? My neighbors think I'm crazy because I run around all day looking up in the trees (lol) !

Yes, we're in the migratory path - we're in the San Luis Rey River valley east of Oceanside. My DH just put in a pond, so we expect more visitors than usual - we've had one egret so far. We don't put feeders out (except for the hummers), but we're building a native landscape to feed and shelter our feathered friends. We have gold finches, warblers, pine siskins, house finches, phoebes, bluebirds, hummers, hawks and kites - most year round. Oh, and roadrunners! And sea birds fly over, too.

During spring and summer we get travelers, some of whom we see once and then, poof!, they're gone. Don't even get a chance to ID some. We also have small drip fed bird baths and a couple of trickling fountains, so they like it here as much as we like having them. Don't like crow season, though. :-(

I can only wonder what our neighbors think when I creep around outside with my binoculars.

I usually have trouble with the small yellow ones, can't tell if they're warblers, finches, vireos, or what. We have a lot of grackles and doves here, which I could do without, but I feed them all. So how far are you from Blythe..about two hours ? I'm re-doing my small pond, but still have to get more rocks in it so the birds will go in it. I'm doing my cheaply, using a wadding pool. Hopefully will have it done tomorrow. Here's a pic I got today of the yellow-headed blackbirds, it seems they are calling their family & friends.

Yep, Resin, quite a mixture, and I feed them all. Are they not suppose to be here yet ? We should also be getting the Tanagers in here soon also, they are very pretty.

Betterbloom - no, we're about 3+ hours from Blythe. Are you going to the round-up in May? You get tanagers, too? Wow. I'm hoping when our trees start growing we'll be able to spot more perching birds. I'm sure we're missing lots of visitors because I hear about them being in the area. Also, I hear unusual bird calls - I'm not good at ID on those, either, but I know when there's a new one!

Resin, my husband is from Yorkshire and often tells me about the birds he remembers from home (especially kingfishers and dippers). We went to Costa Rica a few years ago and saw a few that he knew, too!

In the summer, our place is covered with dove weed and guess what kind of bird? lol I'll have to watch and see if we get the collared variety. To be honest, we don't pay too much attention to them except to laugh at their sometimes goofy behavior.