The CSUB owlets are about 6.5 weeks old. Here they are sitting with Mom (she is the one on the ledge). Apparently something (or someone) has peaked their interest. The Colorado owlets are also about 6.5 weeks old. It's getting hard to get a decent picture of them these days as they are quite large now. They also tend to wander to the edge of the nest to perch, putting them out of camera range.
brood(n) - a collective term referring to the young hatched from a single clutch of eggs. brood (v) - to sit on and keep warm (chicks) cavity - a hole or opening in a tree trunk or limb clutch - total number of eggs laid by a female bird in one nest attempt fledge - the act of leaving the nest or nest cavity after reaching a certain stage of maturity hacking - the controlled release of young falcons from an artificial eyrie incubation - the act of rearing and hatching eggs by the warmth of the body moult - the process in which birds replace their feathers by shedding old ones and growing new ones nestling - a young bird that has not left, or abandoned, the nest nocturnal - of, relating to, occurring, or active in the night preening - to smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak or bill. roost (v) - to settle down for rest of sleep: perch roost (n) - a support on which birds rest; a place where birds customarily rest; also a group of birds resting together
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