Shadow Play With Bird And Raccoons
Dec. 28th, 2010 11:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyHey, cool! We just saw an owl in the cottonwood stand! I’m not sure what kind it was because it was silhouetted by the valley lights,* but I am going to guess great horned owl, because it had little tufts and because they’re apparently the most common kind of owl around here.
Nifty moment there. I see various raptors circling around here in the daytime, but seeing an owl out the window is a bit rarer.
I can’t help but think that the poor bugger must be freezing, too. Hope it finds a mouse or something to keep that energy up.
*Hell, for a bit we wondered if we might be seeing a raccoon, because there were two confused but very recognizable raccoons in the trees as well, and our eyes are bad. So I got my opera glass and noted that it was probably not a raccoon unless raccoons spread out their tail feathers for preening. The part where it flew away was also a hint.
Nifty moment there. I see various raptors circling around here in the daytime, but seeing an owl out the window is a bit rarer.
I can’t help but think that the poor bugger must be freezing, too. Hope it finds a mouse or something to keep that energy up.
*Hell, for a bit we wondered if we might be seeing a raccoon, because there were two confused but very recognizable raccoons in the trees as well, and our eyes are bad. So I got my opera glass and noted that it was probably not a raccoon unless raccoons spread out their tail feathers for preening. The part where it flew away was also a hint.
