I was driving in the vicinity of where I had seen the Owl feeding on the large grasshopper the other day and much to my pleasant surprise I came across the whole family of owls this time. After sitting and observing them for a while it looked like the parents were perched strategically in the area and were allowing the three owlets ( almost fully grown now) to hone their hunting skills on whatever they wanted to chase down. They were in a rocky area adjacent to one of the irrigation fields so made several attempts at flying down and catching the grasshoppers as they appeared. They were not being very successful from what I could see. Their eyesight was very sharp though and even something as small as a beetle scurrying across the ground would catch their attention and lead to a low gliding flight down from their perch on the rocks for a closer inspection. Later they all gathered in the shade and protection of an overhanging rock which allowed me to get some images of them together again. One of the parents keeps a watchful eye on the owlets as they hone their hunting skills The first owlet arrives at the shady overhanging rock Soon joined by the second .... And also the third........ Here some allopreening is also being carried between two of the siblings Something puts them all on high alert
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