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A slideshow of random images and screenshots collected from participants of the SPO Molly page put together by James Hill.
Browse through the images using the arrows, the thumbnails at the bottom, or click on any of the images
to be taken away from the wiki and to a gallery with all the images. Images will be updated/added daily.
Browse using the arrows, the thumbnails at the bottom, or click on any of the images to be taken away from the wiki and to a gallery with all the images.
Images will be updated/added daily.
I don't know how to add this the way the other slideshow is added, so I will just put this link here. It is to several other slideshows of photos by James Hill of Molly and the Owlets.:
James Hill (also known as JH) passed away on August 3, 2011. James was one of the original administrators of this wiki and he was instrumental in the posting of the Chat PDFs during the first clutch. He used several screen names, but the one he was most well known as was "Owlbominable Snowman" with a blue snowman avatar (shown below in the chat comments). He was a wonderful photographer by trade and helped many of us with computer and technical issues related to watching Molly and her owlets and using the chat or this Wiki. He also started SPO-MOD Support Group and Coffee House on Facebook. He will be missed by his friends and family.
Two questions -
1) is there any way to open this page up to comments from anyone, or is that only available to authorized Wiki folks?
2) since the embed feature works fine, are there any other Molly Wiki people who have their own online galleries that they would like to embed here? I know Flickr, Picassa, Smugmug, and others all have widgets, badges, and slideshows that can be generated from your images. I ask because I don't have a problem storing all the images on my own web host, I just thought that if others want to display their own little gallery/slide shows that I could divide the Photos section into multiple pages. Any suggestions or input?
James, this is beautiful -- and generous. Thanks! In response:
1) Unfortunately, commenting is limited to authorized wiki users. On the free version, we can't change these settings.
2) Actually, Colleen has embedded 2 'SmileBox' slideshows and Mary Pat ... actually , she hasn't, but I added a link to a slideshow she has posted on YouTube. Which brings us to:
3) Did you see, on the FrontPage, that there's a section titled Slideshows? It's on the left, up top, below the main menu. I created the section the other night to give more room and prominence to the slideshows -- that was the intention, anyway. Would you like to move your link there (or I could do it)? Or do you think it's lost down there?
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"With the owl box empty, I decided it was time to remove the remaining camera and wiring and give Donna her dining room table back. Now you know why over time the picture gets fuzzy or cloudy. (See picture above.) Even though I was able to clean up the camera it no longer worked and had to junked like so many of the other cameras. These web cameras are just not designed for this type of use but we made them work. If you remember back then, I had installed almost a dozen cameras, all out doors (these are not outdoor cameras) with over 3,000 feet of wiring running everywhere so we could broadcast for you The Owl Box and surroundings. That is just what it took but now I have removed all the cameras and all the wiring. If Molly or some other owl comes back they will be able to have their babies without the world watching..."
"Surprise, Surprise, we have baby kestrels. Just when we had given up and said nothing was going to hatch, look what popped up this morning. This kestrel hatch has been so different from ones in the past. In the past there was lots of bonding and tons of food being delivered with the box being almost a bee hive of activity but not this time. We observed bonding only once and rarely food deliveries and when we returned the female was not in the box but spending all her time outside of the box. We just assumed nothing happened. In fact, when Donna was looking out the window this morning she comments that there were just no birds in the backyard and that it had been a bust year. About an hour later I was looking out the window and notice a grey spot inside the circle and grabbed the binoculars. I started shouting, “We got babies, we got babies!” Donna came running over to see with a “Well, I ‘ll be.” We don’t have a camera on the Kestrel box so there won’t be any broadcasting but we will keep you posted on their development."
"Molly has not been seen now in over three weeks. She was coming back to the box on a regular basis as we reported, but then after she rejected the male that showed up shortly after the disappearance of McGee, Molly gradually decided to go looking elsewhere. Even though we have always said that this was Molly’s box and called it Molly’s Box. The way it really works according to The Book of Owls is the male picks the box or nesting location and brings in food to entice the female, so more than likely some male has attracted her to a new location or at least we like to think so more than the alternative that something has happened to Molly. Either way, more than likely we will not see Molly again.
Remember, this is not The End, it is only a chapter or a book in the cycle of life.
Gee, this has been fun, and I was a part of it but now it is time to move on."
"Molly is fine. She has revisited the owl box every night just after sunset. The box has been empty during the day. She only stays long enough to look around, rough up some gag shag and then stomp on or dance around the patio. An owl’s way of letting other owls know this is her box...."
"It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we are reporting that we have not seen McGee since March 9th, the day DeeDee hatched. We think he is gone....When Molly returned with food she quickly placed the gopher in the pantry and checked on DeeDee. DeeDee showed no signs of life, so Molly gently lifted DeeDee and placed her away from the eggs. It was a very moving moment. She then lightly touched the eggs with the palm of her claw searching for the warmth of life. We could tell there was none as she rolled the eggs over and over continually touching them, not wanting to give up. Tears came to our eyes as we realized that Molly is the only survivor of the fourth clutch....."
Comments (2)
James Hill said
at 2:09 pm on Jun 3, 2010
Two questions -
1) is there any way to open this page up to comments from anyone, or is that only available to authorized Wiki folks?
2) since the embed feature works fine, are there any other Molly Wiki people who have their own online galleries that they would like to embed here? I know Flickr, Picassa, Smugmug, and others all have widgets, badges, and slideshows that can be generated from your images. I ask because I don't have a problem storing all the images on my own web host, I just thought that if others want to display their own little gallery/slide shows that I could divide the Photos section into multiple pages. Any suggestions or input?
Latrippi said
at 8:49 am on Jun 4, 2010
James, this is beautiful -- and generous. Thanks! In response:
1) Unfortunately, commenting is limited to authorized wiki users. On the free version, we can't change these settings.
2) Actually, Colleen has embedded 2 'SmileBox' slideshows and Mary Pat ... actually , she hasn't, but I added a link to a slideshow she has posted on YouTube. Which brings us to:
3) Did you see, on the FrontPage, that there's a section titled Slideshows? It's on the left, up top, below the main menu. I created the section the other night to give more room and prominence to the slideshows -- that was the intention, anyway. Would you like to move your link there (or I could do it)? Or do you think it's lost down there?
You don't have permission to comment on this page.