When I first looked at the owl shots from the other day the angle and missing head feather details struck me. I deleted most and held a few aside to review.
After another walk through I had one of those ‘good grief’ moments.
Of course the feathers were off… they are not true feathers. This bird still has some facial down, baby fuzzy.
There are several active Owl nesting spots nearby. This bird probably came from one of them.
Probably just starting to explore its new world. Likely one of the parents were still hanging around quietly watching to make sure you didn’t mess with it.
My guess is the adults are glad to be done with them, been feeding them for months. 😂😂
Nice! They will be off to find their own territories soon.
Thanks. This spot is halfway between two nesting pair that I know of. Maybe this will be the new territory. And of course that would be great 😁😁😁