My husband and I had a regular nesting pair of Eastern Screech owls in a tree near the house, for many years. While home recovering from and injury from April until July I was able to observe daily activity. One morning I saw an unattended owlet perched on the back of a deck chair, it eventually hopped off and proceeded to walk and hop to the tree line east of our house that separates us from a small wetland area. I was so concerned I was checking all morning until I heard a noise above me and there was the parent staring at me with those intense eyes as if to say "go home lady I got this." We have since lost the huge branch that they used and no longer have this amazing event.