Very warm temperatures (26˚C / 79˚F) today made for a pleasant evening. Down at the Mississippi River big ice floes drifted by. I saw an eagle using an ice floe for a ride downstream. The entry channel of the little marina at Mud Lake had still an ice cover and a few ice fishermen were still sitting on their buckets and tried to catch some fish. It was quiet and peaceful…
But this is not why I post here today. As always, I checked the nest of the Great Horned Owl from a distance. Mother owl seemed to sit higher in the nest today. At least in some of the images I saw much more of the body than usually. It wasn’t before I viewed the photos on screen at home that I realized that I had probably captured the first pictures of an owlet! A little fuzzy ball appears in some of the photos and I believe this is the head of the little owl. I cropped the photo “to death” so I can share my discovery better with you. We knew it was about time and I’m happy that I caught a glimpse…