SouthwestImpressions

The youngest baby owl (upper right hand corner,... fluffy white head) is 13 days old now, and the other three are 15 days old. Three clips: tail tug, crowded house and "what's out there?"

The four eggs should start hatching any day now. If you want to watch a live feed of a nocturnal bird (might be boring during the day!),...we have a Google Nest Cam installed in the nest box, and here's the link: https://video.nest.com/live/l7veZpezfw

March 2024, and the Western Screech Owls are using the nest box again!

Long overdue update on the Western Screech Owls in our nestbox. Eight days after laying her third egg, the female owl died after eating a poisoned mouse. Two days later there was a new female in the nest...

Western Screech Owl settling in, and getting ready to spend his first day (for this year) inside the nest box.

Western Screech Owls

This is our passion fruit vine archway. There's already a few fruit, but this late afternoon there was another surprise. (May 5, 2022)

Learning to share. This series of clips is from Monday evening as the light was quickly fading. To give you an idea of how small these guys are,... the entrance hole to the nest box is 3 inches in diameter. Maybe 3 1/2 inches at the most. (May 16, 2022)

Male passing off a meal to the female.

Three clips of the Western Screech Owls at the nest box.

Spring 2022 at the nest box. Great horned owl at the end helps to show the difference in size.

Passion vine after our first attempt at hand pollination.... North Phoenix, October 2021.

We use fly masks for the horse and donkeys, and we also use disposable hanging fly traps. But this summer the flies are really bad because of all the rain, so we added this product to our arsenal.

Three clips from overnight. Arizona Blonde Tarantula at 12:22 am, Sonoran Desert Toad at 12:30 am, (clip sped up 5Xs), and special guest at 2:20 am.

More clips from "summer camp" with cousin Elvis.

We had a lousy internet connection at the time, but although the video clips weren't smooth, it's still worth sharing!

This little guy is not ready to be out of his nest just yet, but he's doing his best!