So cute and so fragile at the same time 🥰

They are Eurasian eagle-owls (bubo bubo).

No problem. I won’t come looking. If you had hidden owlets however… 😁

Hiding yourself or hiding treasure owlets?

She takes her responsibility very seriously. 🦉

They are! But most of the time Mom is hiding them.

Some birds are just meant to be (foster)parents.

OT: I have an older budgie that is very caring towards his flock mates. He even started feeding one of my cockatiels that was young at the time and still made baby noises.

Good foster parent! That expression says it all: Leave them kids alone or I’ll claw your eyes out!"

!lemmySilver

I have to admit to the same shameful behaviour and remember the comment - they mentioned deicing fluid. It seems the commentor got it wrong. And in this case it makes me really happy :)

We’re not that smart. Sorry, you have to put up with us🫣

“Einen Vogel haben” (lit. to have/own a bird) idiom -> to ‘have bats in the belfry’ sometimes accompanied by the gesture of tapping the forehead or temple with the index finger.

Hm. 🤔

It is. But I have to admit I would intervene (non-lethal of course), if I see a predator aiming for birds in my area. Especially if it’s raccoons that aren’t native or cats.

It’s like that for a lot of parents - species doesn’t really matter. Two years ago another pair of EEO lost their chicks to a raccoon and viewers saw it happening over the webcam feed.

This is one of the best webcams I found and I thought it’s early enough to share. Isolde has 3 eggs and looks like a fierce mum.

Oops, I dropped that vole