last friday we had on of the coolest experiences! while cory and connor were having batting practice in the backyard. cory hit a ball into the big tree and spooked a bird out and onto another branch. cory went to look and found a little grey owl looking back at him! then they started to look around the tree some more and more and more owls popped out. turns out we have the cutest little owl family in our back tree!! we have a mom and dad and 3 babies, which we are pretty sure are western screech owls. they are about speckled grey and 6-7" tall.
it has really been such a cool experience! they are so majestic even with their small bodies. they are content to just sit and watch. all but one are not easily spooked. the kids love to go look for the owls every morning and throughout the day. we've seen them since then twice. we've been reading up on them and read that after the babies take their first flight, they will stay for about 5 weeks. so we are hopeful that we will get to see more of them!!
2 of the babies.
this is the daddy. he's much smaller than the mom and babies.
So FUN!! THey are super cute :)
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