A couple of weeks ago we got home after dark, and while turning into our parking spot, I noticed something in a tree behind my clothesline. Bryan backed up to shine his headlights on it, and we got out of the truck to try to get a closer look. We thought it was an owl, but it held so still we weren't sure. It stayed on its perch long enough for me to go into the house and get the camera. Here's what I captured on film (or whatever digital pictures are called):
I've never seen an owl in the wild before, although we hear one (probably this one) fairly regularly in our bedroom and bathroom. We couldn't believe that it stayed so long, even with all of us talking and walking down the hill to get a better look. It finally flew away into the woods when Piper went all the way down the hill, almost to the tree it was in. I thought everyone would like to see it, especially Liz and Joey.
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What a pretty owl! Way to use your night-vision function to get that shot!
A few days ago there was a red-tailed hawk on campus (about a few hundred feet from my office window) and it was hanging out on the ground munching on a squirrel it had just killed. It stayed there for a couple of hours, and all sorts of people kept stopping and watching it. It was really amazing because the people were only standing about 5 feet away, and the hawk just ignored them and enjoyed its lunch. It was a beautiful bird -- a dusty red tail, yellow legs, and brown body. It sure was big!
Kelley
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