Sunday I got a call from some neighbors saying they had some owls in their grass and wondering what they were and what to do with them. So I drove over to find two young Screech Owls in their lawn. I convinced them they couldn't feed them anything and only the Raptor Recovery Center could keep them. I picked them up one at a time and placed them on a branch in one of his 20+ pine trees on the edge of his yard. When I placed the second, smaller owlet on the branch I happened to glance up and found a 3rd owlet on a branch above the two I'd just placed in the tree! What are the chances I'd choose the same tree a sibling was already in? I was sure they'd fledged but no way of knowing since the parents were not visible. I worried about them the last couple of days and finally called to see if they were okay. He said he'd checked later that night and the smaller one was back on the ground so he put it back on the tree branch with its one sibling. The next morning he had to get up and leave early before the sun was up and decided to check on them with a flashlight. He found two still in the tree and when he got close an adult swooped down at him making lots of noise. So looks like they are being taken care of.
