Later same day:
mother owl near by
two owlets on a birdhouse
owlet on a birdhouse
same owlet
As I came outside, getting the camera ready, the mother owl launched from the nearest tree, cruised within a hands reach of me, and to her owlets.
I expect them to stay around for a long time, lots of food, including small garden snakes,
if they like them, I don’t.
* * * * * *
I have posted pictures of the adult Short Eared Owls, for a few days I have heard a strange bird sound, weak baby talk – this morning I spotted the first owlet,
Owlet
and the second,
owlet 2
and then the third, 
in the trees a few feet away. One moved to another branch. 
What a sight. My day is made.
And then, this afternoon I spotted a lump on a branch, Owlet 4, about half the size of the others, and laying on the branch, not perching, a quite little one.
4th Owlet, half the size of the others
head turning, following me, about 10 m up in the air
like a cat on the branch
They are about 3/4 size of the adult, not good fliers, and positioned for a short glide to the bird and squirrel feeders.
