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Ault Park Barred Owls

This all started when a baby barred owl fell from his nest. A kind hiker found the baby wet, cold and half dead. After watching for a while to see if mom or dad would intervene, he picked up the baby, brought it home and called Raptor, Inc. Later, after nursing the baby back to reasonable health, volunteers from Raptor then stuffed the baby back in his nest in a snag in a tall tree. While this was going on, the baby's sibling, now a brancher, decided to join the party. He had to be put back in a nearby tree as well. All ended reasonably well except for Jeff, the tree climber, getting "nailed" by an angry moma owl.
Concerned moma owl watches
Concerned moma owl watches
Banding the baby owl
Banding the baby owl
Banding the other baby from the nest site
Banding the other baby from the nest site
Moma's still watching and she's not happy ...
Moma's still watching and she's not happy ...
Siblings reunited
Siblings reunited
The babies were not exactly happy about this either
The babies were not exactly happy about this either
Jeff places the brancher back on a tree limb
Jeff places the brancher back on a tree limb
Jeff managed to swing from this tree to the snag where the nest was
Jeff managed to swing from this tree to the snag where the nest was
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo