I made another visit to Centennial Park to see if the owlets had fledged. They had not, but I was able to get some reasonable photos of the parents. They were more visible this visit.
Mots of the time the adult owls are asleep, as they should be, but they are always aware of what is going on around them. If you wait patiently, then you do see them open their eyes – so you can get better photos.
As I commented on the page of your previous visit to Centennial Park, my friends saw an owlet out of the nest on Wed. 2 of September.
That is why I visited there again on 5 September. The orange fence was expanded to enclose the trees the adult owls usually perch.
At 7:30am, one of the owlets, a bit wet because of the rain, was at the bottom of the tree where they are nesting, while the other was high up a tree. Their parents were also high up a tree close to them.
Then, the former owlet started to climbed the trunk up to the nest, while Noisy Miners were threatening it and a Sulpur-crested Cockatoo threatened it and intruded the nest hollow.
After reaching the branch close to the nest the owlet had a rest, then glided down to the ground (outside of the fence). The two park rangers came to guard the owlet, warning the visitors not to come close to it. Its parents also flew to move the tree close to their child. The owlet hopped and hopped to fly up, and successfully flew up to the nearest tree. The audience clapped their hands. After a while, a Laughing Kookaburra suddenly flew to tackle the owlet.
One owlet made a big advanture on that day!
I saw both owlets on 4 September. Will post photos soon.
The two chicks have been very visible these past few days, one fell or flew from the nest hole yesterday (5 September) and today (6 September) is back up there – but we don’t know how it got there. When on the ground it didn’t look too sure of what to do next…
Your photos of the parents are a treat – thank you.
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Thanks – I think a theme needed updating.