We have a pair of Little Owls that live in one of the outbuildings and sit most of the day on a jutting out stick. A few weeks ago their 3 chicks fell out of their nest and there was no way to get them back there - it was so lucky the many resident cats hadnt found them first! We bought them in for the night until we could make a safe place that was impossible for the cats to get to. I hand fed them raw burger by tweezers, it was lovely! Unfortunately one of them had broken its leg in the fall and had to be disposed of.
We put them in a box and back onto a high ledge in the barn and was very pleased see the parents back around them immediately. I made my hubby climb up every other day to check on their progress and there was always plenty of mice in there for dinner. They grew at an amazing rate and I made him take another photo about a week or so later.
When he went back again, they had left the box - without so much as a thank you note lol.
However they have now taken up place on the stick, still bundles of grey fluff for now, with the parents watching on from the walnut tree!
I didn't know what kind of bird it was until I backed myself up to the window (as the cat was coming towards me menacingly 
) and the birdie flew off! Luckily no poop!
sorry 
