Tawny Owl Chicks - Sparrowhawk Island Revisited

 A while back I wrote about the Tawny Owl web cam I'd been watching. Mrs. Owl laid 4 eggs in total and while I'd heard that some of these eggs had hatched, I'd yet to see the chicks myself. However, I tuned in this afternoon and saw the remains of a cracked egg. Luckily at 20:33 this evening I refreshed my WAB screen to see a very welcome update from Hedgehoggy saying that Mrs. Owl had left the nest 3 minutes preivously. I rushed over to the site and managed to get the screenshot below:

But more than that, I managed to capture some footage of the chicks moving around and leaning on each other, I assume for warmth, just before mother came back:


That leaves one more egg to hatch, so if you want to watch the wonderful goings on in this nesting box tune in for yourself at:  http://www.sparrowhawk-island.co.uk/live_sparrowhawk_and_wildlife_cams.php

Thanks again to Sparrowhawk Island.