Bob and Weave

While we haven’t settled on a name for our parent owls yet, we’re going with Bob and Weave at the moment. They’ve been with us a few years now, and members of the family should have names — why we haven’t done this before, I have no idea.

My husband and I have been enjoying sitting outside during the transition from dusk to dark, watching as baby owls poke their heads out of the nesting box and waiting for Bob and Weave to swoop in with the first meals of the night. Both of us were there last night with our cameras, but then I wanted to kick myself when I discovered that my camera battery was dead. So I instead got the binoculars and used my “owl eyes” to spot the parents and study the owlets’ behavior to help my husband capture pictures with his camera. This one is my favorite — Bob and Weave being the great parents that they are! I’m reasonably confident that Mama is on the upper branch, and Papa is the one swooping in. Bob seems to be smaller and darker than Weave. Can you see that both have food ready for the babies?

One owlet was sticking so far out of the box last night that I worried a sibling was going to shove it out the door. I’m hoping this rainy weather we’re having will keep them in the box another couple of days. We’re having fun watching all this!