Tawny Owl Chicks First Fabulous Flights | Bonnie & Ozzy | Robert E Fuller
Date Filmed: May-June 2022
At one month old, Bonnie & Ozzy’s tawny owl chicks are ready to fledge the nest. Watch them make their first tenative flights. Follow their story here
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Bonnie & Ozzy
This seasons tawny owls Bonnie & Ozzy raised a bumper brood of four chicks - a large number of chicks for tawny owls in this area - and I helped out by providing extra food for the family.
Tawny owl chicks
Tawny owl chicks are notoriously adventurous and before these four were fully feathered, the owlets began climbing out to the nes and hopping on to the nearest branches.
Mishaps
This can sometimes lead to mishaps - like when the oldest loses its footing in the wind and, after hanging clumsily upside down for a brief moment, lands in a hawthorn bush!
Dangers
This adventurous spirit also means that sometimes they got a little too close to danger. Watch one retreat when two common buzzards appear at the pond beneath their tree nest.
Brief retreats
Normally once a tawny owl has fledged the nest it doesn’t’ return, but these three often flew back to the nest for brief visits with siblings that had not yet fledged - or to take shelter during rainstorms.
Bonnie & Ozzy
The parents continue to feed the chicks on the nearby branches, and, I also help out. Although, after one chick is knocked flying from the feeding branch by a buzzard and disappears for days, I move the branch to a safer spot near the nest.
Out in the world
It’s been an amazing journey watching these tawny owlets grow and credit to Bonnie & Ozzy for doing such an amazing job.
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*CHAPTERS*
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00:00 Tawny Chicks With New ID Rings
00:20 Bonnie Delivers
00:50 Buzzards At The Pond
01:38 Jackdaws Arrive
02:13 Tawny Chick Fledges
03:13 Unsuccessful Fledge
03:32 Finding The Fledgling
04:55 Second Fledges
05:50 Third And Fourth Fledge
06:32 Downpour
07:35 Buzzard Attack
09:07 Fourth Chick Returns
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