Three of a Kind - Part 2

I mentioned in one of the first posts on this blog that we have a pair of Tawny Owls that roost quite regularly in the garden.  They are almost always in a tall conifer tree, obscure by branches in the shadows and its next to impossible to get a decent shot.

Well the adult birds may have been difficult to capture, their offspring however proved to be quite indulging.

I took these pictures before I got my Olympus Pen EPL1.  these were taken with a Fujifilm compact camera.  We couldn't believe it when we looked up and saw these three in the apple tree, pretending that we weren't actually there.

The young Tawny Owls hung around in the apple trees for the best part of a week, although all three of them were never together in the same spot again.

Two of the three opted to stay close to each other, never being more than a branch or two away.  The third one seemed quite happy to be going it alone.

I keep hoping against hope the the parents will have chicks again.  Perhaps they have but the nest is in another tree in another garden.  Still, it always pays to look up.  You never know what could be sitting there.