tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post1864388296377528812..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-39619591040263130572012-04-21T12:01:59.048+01:002012-04-21T12:01:59.048+01:00I was very excited to hear about your sighting of ...I was very excited to hear about your sighting of a possible fifth tawny owlet as i also noticed a single owlet alone in the nest tree yesterday lunchtime. <br /><br />Unfortunately, when i went back to re-count the others (in the middle horse chestunt tree) i could only be sure of three. They were very high up, partially obscured by leaves and two (maybe three from what you say) were huddled very close together. I understand from others that there had definitely been four in the group moments earlier,just before i had turned up and noticed the solitary owlet. Being a natural pessimist i didnt dare hope for a fifth baby and had concluded one must have flown back to the nest tree.<br /><br /> I was horrified to learn that the male Little Owl was being persecuted by children so I was delighted when he was kindly pointed out to me in his favourite sweet chestnut. He flew off after a couple of minutes.<br />JoanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70011719120779979662012-04-21T02:05:38.780+01:002012-04-21T02:05:38.780+01:00Looks as if the answer is no. If this really is a ...Looks as if the answer is no. If this really is a fifth owlet, it's been nurtured on its own and is now ready to fly and join the others. From our point of view, though not the owls', the trouble is that the whole family is about to disappear into the foliage and we shall never know what happens. But good luck to them all.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-91756111491322676552012-04-20T20:56:14.569+01:002012-04-20T20:56:14.569+01:00I am worried about the fifth owlet. Do Tawney owl...I am worried about the fifth owlet. Do Tawney owlets eat their smaller siblings like Barn owls do?Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com