Apparently, being a baby owl isn't a very aerobic activity. I don't think these guys have moved from this spot since I first saw them. And they're always glued to each other like this. Maybe they're Siamese owls? No, of course not. They'd be dead by now. But maybe they're not actually fledglings like I thought. Maybe this is actually where the nest is and they're still too young to leave the nest, in which case that's rather alarming. It's a really exposed location for ground-nesting birds.
The good thing about it is that even though I know exactly what I'm looking for and where, I still have to look for them to find them each time, which means that the casual passerby probably just walks right by them without noticing. Owls are quite good at being invisible in plain sight like this. Apparently it's called "cryptic stance."
Live long and prosper, little ones. Your secret location is safe with me.
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