This morning in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, Mama Great Horned Owl was keeping watch:
Great Horned Owl
Above her was the fledgling:
Great Horned Owlet
In front of her were the nestlings:
Great Horned Owlets
And here are the nestlings in early evening:
Great Horned Owlets
Today I saw a first-of-season Broad-tailed Hummingbird (male) in my back yard.
Two Great Horned Owlets remain in the nest in the Bear Creek Greenbelt. Here’s one:
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owlet
Hooded Merganser (female)
Here are a couple of birds that are back in the Bear Creek Greenbelt this spring.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Grackle
Great Horned Owlet
The nest:
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owl
With one fledgling nearby, here’s Mama Great Horned Owl keeping a close eye on two unleashed dogs in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:
Great Horned Owl
The fledgling:
Great Horned Owlet
Two owlets left in the nest:
Great Horned Owlets
A burst of sunshine from North Georgia woods:
Pine Warbler
This afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt:
Great Horned Owlet
Mama Great Horned Owl preening
Papa Great Horned Owl snoozing
This afternoon it was cool and windy in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, yet the trees are beginning to leaf out. Here’s Mama Great Horned Owl keeping an eye on the nest:
Great Horned Owl
Scratching an itch:
Great Horned Owl
Feathers on the back of Mama Great Horned Owl’s head:
Two of the three owlets:
Great Horned Owlets
This morning a House Wren visited my back yard . . . at least a couple of weeks earlier in the spring than in past years, and one of the first reported in Jefferson County this year.
Here it is calling:
This morning at Rocky Mountain Arsenal:
American Avocets
Bald Eagle
Bison taking a dust bath
At an urban park:
Eastern Screech Owl
In the mid-afternoon in the Bear Creek Greenbelt, all the owls looked hot and cranky:
Great Horned Owls