More Hatching

Sometime yesterday or last night another egg (or possibly 2) hatched. In the first photo, you cansee the tiny head of one owlet, resting on a second owlet. There was one point where we thought we might have been seeing 3 heads, but that is not very likely, as the other eggs shouldn't be hatching yet. Their bodies are about the same size as their heads, so it's very confusing.



In the second photo, you can see a delivery of a large food item, either a mouse or a bird. We couldn't quite tell. After prey items arrive, we see a lot of activity as Mrs. Owl breaks off tiny pieces to feed to the owlets. We can't really see what's going on, because she is on top of all the action. But we do see her head moving a lot, reaching underneath her body where the owlets are.
In the last photo, you can see Mrs. Owl getting ready to take her only 2-minute break at 6:46am. The dark object below her is the large food item she received earlier. The fuzzy objects below her wing are the owlets. We can't really see any of the shiny eggs any more. They've either been pushed close to the glass or are hidden by the owlets.
Our birding day yesterday included a trip to Hornsby Bend to see a rare bird, a Reeve (a female Ruff). This normally European bird occasionally gets blown off course and shows up in the lower 48. This was only the 25th or so ever seen in Texas. We also had a tiny baby Killdeer wander right past our feet.