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To: abuelita who wrote (24535)3/10/2003 6:35:13 AM
From: Clappy  Read Replies (3) of 104155
 
This morning I was walking our dog Duffy when suddenly
I saw some sort of animal flying our way.

It was dark out. The stars were still bright. I could see
Venus on the rise.

Anyhow I saw these wings flapping for a second and thought
it was a large bat. But then it wasn't flying in a
haphazard pattern. It was smooth and direct.

Then I realized it was a large wing span. So I figured it
was an ambitious goose getting an early start. But then I
realized it wasn't making any noise. No honking sounds
Then it got closer and wasn't flying more than maybe 20
feet over our heads (well that would be 25 feet for the
dog, but you get the picture.)

Then it stopped flapping as I looked up at it. It looked
sorta white in color. Maybe a light gray or mixed colors
with white being the dominant color. You get my drift.

Anyway then I noticed it had a shorter fatter looking
head. (Before you ask, No not like mine.) That's when I
realized it was an owl. I had been hearing it the other
morning making it's "Who" sounds but barely paid attention
to it. This morning I figured it wanted to say, "Hi".

Either that or it wanted to eat my dog...

Any way it got me to thinkin' again.
I sort of created a mini ecosystem around my house.
Ya see I fill my bird feeders once or twice a week.
Usually once is enough to make it through the week because
my two feeders are fairly big. We attract wide variety of
birds but along with them come the squirrels.

We also started getting deer to stop by since the fallen
seeds were about the only thing not buried by snow. One
night we heard the lid fall off the galvanized garbage can
where I keep the seeds. Thought it was the wind but after
three nights in a row we realized it was either a very
strong squirrel with night vision goggles or a raccoon
making a raid. We also get a whiff of a skunk who probably
comes by just to see what the fuss is all about.

Last month I noticed inside my old 68' ragtop some mice must
have built a home for themselves in the back seat because
I found a little bit of fluff on the floor along with a
stash of seeds and split sunflower shells. I did my best
to relocate them before they ruined my interior. Some I
moved to the very far opposite end of our property and some
were relocated to mouse heaven.

Anyway it got me figuring that the owl must be scoping out
that area where the seeds fall to the ground. I guess he
figured we had blown his stakeout and figured he'd pack it
in for the evening.

It was pretty neat though. Something I rarely have seen.
It was completely silent even while flapping its wings.

-NatureBuoy
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