I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be posting owls, they seem to be leaving the nest, literally speaking. But there’s always something going on in nature, so there will likely be more updates of some sort. I came across the death of a mother deer this weekend in ‘the way back’ (a fenced-off area above our backyard we keep wild), I likely wouldn’t have noticed so soon after it happened had it not been for this owl project. I’m not sure I want to write about it just yet, perhaps soon. She left behind two fawns.
Dear Molly, I so feel ya. Feel the dear darling deer. So brave and tough. I grieve, fearing my sweetest girlfriend may have died.
I just came in from watching the owls, all three on the branch, seeming to be going nowhere. The place all alive with owl skrawkings, bats swirling, and crickets shimmering. Then --- another owl! A fourth owl circling all around, making the click-click-click-click call, while the three on the branch skrawked. Wow!!
I tried to look up the owl-to-English dictionary. Not so clear what was going on. But at the time, it looked like the fourth is just looking for opportunity, seeing if somebody wants to rumble.
You pose good questions with no easy answers. I feel a pang for the deer...
Your photos and footage have been so cool all along. I’m sure there will be more. The owls are talking about ya
Were the fawns rescued?
Dear Molly, I so feel ya. Feel the dear darling deer. So brave and tough. I grieve, fearing my sweetest girlfriend may have died.
I just came in from watching the owls, all three on the branch, seeming to be going nowhere. The place all alive with owl skrawkings, bats swirling, and crickets shimmering. Then --- another owl! A fourth owl circling all around, making the click-click-click-click call, while the three on the branch skrawked. Wow!!
https://pages.vassar.edu/sensoryecology/the-singing-behavior-of-the-barn-owl-tyto-alba/
I tried to look up the owl-to-English dictionary. Not so clear what was going on. But at the time, it looked like the fourth is just looking for opportunity, seeing if somebody wants to rumble.
Beautiful and so sad. I love you & your heart