Powerful Owlet a bit after sunrise this morning. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Either the rescued/released Powerful Owlet or its sibling the day after the release. I think it may be the rescued/released Owlet as it was trilling a lot, which is quite unusual for during the day. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

I like a town where you can go to Woolworths to pick a few things, then photograph a Platypus from the other side of the car park. Five stars. #wildoz

Checking on the newly-released Powerful Owlet the next day, we found it & its sibling about 12m up near the top of a tree. This was the best news as they were together, and it meant it was able to fly reasonably. A parent was 5m away holding their dinner for that tonight. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Last night, @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social, @cesar-on-safari.bsky.social , Barb and I released the rescued Powerful Owlet (it had been away for 10 days). It seemed to go very well. It and its sibling seemed excited to see each other and trilled a lot. 1/2 #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Last week a badly injured Powerful Owlet was rescued, so @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social & I went & found the parents so that if it recovered it could be released. Hearing today the Owlet was doing well, I went to see if they were still there & found this adult with a bat. Fingers crossed for the Owlet.

A couple of quick Powerful Owlet sketches. Every drawing is practice for the next.

Two new Powerful Owlets! (not the ones shown). We couldn't find the POwls where they nested before, so we widened the search. About 1km away on a creek we found some possible scat, then feathers, then pellets. Then just on dusk we heard trilling, then saw 2 beautiful Owlets. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

A very chill Australian Boobook Owl yesterday. We didn't find the Powerful Owls we were looking for, though there were a lot of POwl pellets and scat about 50m upstream and 100m downstream of this little Boobook. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

This morning we found one of the Powerful Owls we heard calling when I fell into the pond the other night. Also a lot of scat roughly where we heard one calling. There was a good looking tree hollow about 100m away, though they don't seem to be breeding this year. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Powerful Owlet watching me. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Sleeping Powerful Owlet in suburban Brisbane. You can see some of its adult breast feathers are beginning to grow through the floof. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

A Powerful Owlet concerned about a nearby Kookaburra in a suburban Brisbane nature reserve yesterday. #brisbane #birds #iwldoz

A Papa Powerful Owl sleeping with his Owlet. #Brisbane #birds #wildoz

I may have fallen into a small pond in the dark and smelt bad in the car on the way back, but we did find a new Powerful Owl pair*, so it was all more than worthwhile. * Not the one shown here, it was too dark for photos. #Brisbane #birds #wildoz

The papa of the Powerful Owlet was fast asleep about 30m down the creek. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Powerful Owlet in a suburban Brisbane nature reserve this morning. It's mama was about 5m away in another tree. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Powerful Owls are listed vulnerable & aren't doing so well due to habitat loss & other factors. Birdlife Oz @birdlifeoz.bsky.social are running a campaign to help them (using 📷 by @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social & myself 🙂). If you'd like to support POwls, click the link birdlife.org.au/campaign/don...

The Powerful Owlet and its parent seemed to decide to ignore the mobbing and go to sleep. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Powerful Owlet being mobbed by a Blue-faced Honeyeater this morning in a Brisbane nature reserve. Does the BFH not see those talons and beak? They've got some moxie those BFHs. There were also Noisy Miners and Pied Currawongs getting in on it.

Found a Powerful Owl feather and the remains of a bat within about 5m of the tree I think may be the nest hollow for the new Powerful Owls. Now I'm almost certain it is the nest tree.

Finally tracked this Owlet down. A new Powerful Owlet in a Brisbane Reserve not previously known to contain Powerful Owls. I think I may also have the nest hollow nailed as well. Interestingly, Noisy Miners started mobbing the hollow while I was watching. Perhaps they remember when Owls were in it?

Sleeping Powerful Owlet sketch. Every drawing is practice for the next.

I'm going to call my comic book The Owlet Avenger. It's definitely going to fight fascism.

It was great to see a more than full house at #qagoma for Koyaanisqatsi this evening, almost 45 years after its release. I know it's an incredible film, but I somehow always forget what a totally overwhelming experience it is to see it on the big screen.

Powerful Owlet still looking a bit worried just after being rescued from the road. Every drawing is practice for the next.

Another newly-fledged Powerful Owlet that we found at sunset a couple of days ago. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

The reviews are in from the 40 Tamborine Mountain College grade 5 students who did Powerful Owl pellet analysis with me and the Powerful Owl Project this morning: one boy who was nearly jumping out of his skin with excitement came up afterwards to tell us, "this was the best day on my life!!!".

The adult male parent of the new Powerful Owlet was asleep in the same tree his partner, a couple of metres away from her. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

The adult female parent of the new Powerful Owlet was about 40m away in another tree. This was a much more sensible roost than the Owlets: more tucked away and less bothered by other birds. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

There was a paper that claimed to show that if the face mask of the young Owlet extends beyond the side of the head, then it shows the Owlet is a female. So possibly this Owlet is female. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

The Powerful Owlet looked briefly annoyed as some Blue-faced Honeyeaters were giving it some grief for a minute or two. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

A new Powerful Owlet, fresh out of the nest hollow in a Brisbane park today. This is the one I photographed peeking out of the hollow about a week ago. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Seeing the Owlets fly for the first time, having been in a dark hollow for almost 2 months, always makes me think of Yves Klein's Leap into the Void.

OMG! Before dusk these Powerful Owls were on either side of their nest hollow. After sunset trilling could be heard from the hollow. Then an Owlet face was peaking out. Then it sat on the edge of its hollow trilling. Then it leapt into the air and flew for 1st time as its parents (& us!) watched on.

We were training a new member of the Powerful Owl Project today in the art of Owl Detecting when we went to a POwl nest hollow we'd visited before. No POwls at the hollow, but there was a sleepy Boobook. After sunset it turned out there were two. No POwls seen ... 1/2 #brisbane #birds #wildoz

I don't hate it, but I ... well, anyway, every drawing is practice for the next.

There are a lot of ticks around Brisbane at the moment. Fortunately, I caught this one before it had a chance to attach.

Powerful Owlet rescue update: this morning the rescued Owlet and its sibling were at the top of two gum trees, some 20-25m up, with the parents nearby. That it is up so high says it can fly well. It'll be fine (photo from yesterday). #brisbane #birds #wildoz

I went back to check on the rescued Powerful Owlet after lunch. Sometimes they can be a bit stubborn and will remove themselves from the safe area. But it was in the same spot and looking much more relaxed and calm than earlier. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

1/4 Powerful Owlet rescue! This morning I was checking in on one of the Owlets that one of my "spies" told me had come out of the hollow last night, and I found it on the road!!! Luckily there were no cars, or off-leash dogs in the nearby park. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Powerful Owlet peeking out of its nest hollow after sunset today. It didn't seem quite ready to come out forever yet, but probably in the next few days. Its parents were nearby keeping an eye on it, and the Owlet was trilling a lot to let them know it was still there.

It's #InternationalOwlDay. Be sure and protect old-growth trees so we can have more Powerful Owlets like this one. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

The new Powerful Owlet we discovered yesterday was at the same location that @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social and I helped with the release of an Owlet 2 years ago. The release went very well with the adult female quickly flying down and allopreening ("kissing") with the Owlet. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

You can see how windy it was by the way the Powerful Owlet's floof is all being swept to its right.

I often wonder why the Powerful Owlet's fronts are so white as they pop out like Marlene Dietrich under a 1000W arc lamp. It means they can sometimes be bothered by other birds that are not so fond of Owls. Fortunately, the local birds didn't seem to have noticed this one. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

Possibly due to the very blowy wind, the Powerful Owlet woke up after a while and began to look around. Despite everything being a bit new to it, it already looked like it was certain of its place in the world. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

The papa (pictured) of the new Powerful Owlet was about 40m to the north of the nest tree where the Owlet was sleeping. The mama about 30m to the south ... she was displaying a bat which the Owlet will no doubt have for dinner later. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

A new Powerful Owlet out of the hollow! It was still roosting in the nest hollow tree and wasn't there 2 days ago, so most likely it came out into the world last night. It was very sleepy. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

The newly-paired female Powerful Owl. We don't usually name the POwls that we monitor for the Powerful Owl Project, the exception being the first pair that started us on owls. We're thinking of calling her Maia, which comes from Greek mythology, means mother, and represents rebirth and growth.