A Parent & A Chick - Burrowing Owls

This year we are down to one nest that produced chicks. I have only seen two chixks in the nest this year, but they may be more....Here's one of the parent, a chick and both parents....

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Cute kid.

Great Captures, How large are they?

Nice shots Keith, the shot of the baby is great. Very cute little guy.

Lovely shots, such nice detail and poses, that baby is so cute! ... Are you saying it was an unsuccessful nesting season, what a shame...???

Good shots especially the first one.

Cute shots. Is that chick almost life size?

hTr wrote in post #5827937
Great Captures, How large are they?

They will max out at about 12 inches with ten being the norm. Thanks Gary.

downywp wrote in post #5830155
Lovely shots, such nice detail and poses, that baby is so cute! ... Are you saying it was an unsuccessful nesting season, what a shame...???

These guys produced five chicks last season. So far this year, I have only seen two. There were once six pairs on this particular section of lots. There are two nests left and this pair was the only pair to produce this year...and so far I was able to observe two chicks at this nest. There was a massive construction project near the nesting site which may have caused the others to move else where. Thanks!

jlcarnagey wrote in post #5831806
Cute shots. Is that chick almost life size?

I believe so. The chick is about four to five inches. He is very curious and pops in and out of the burrow often. He will pop his head up and look around hen ever there is a loud noise. The other chick (slightly larger) only came out once or twice to pester mom for some food. The smaller one got most of the morning eats....Thanks!

great shots!
mom & dad look really sleepy!

A nice trio of images here.Very nice!

Outstanding shots with the first one being simply perfect. Great work as always Keith.