We haven't been out very much in the last few weeks, due to the summer heat and the enormous amounts of mosquitoes!
But, last night when I was going to unplug the bug zapper, we heard this. After a little while we heard this. The unmistakable hoot of the Great Horned Owl! I just think it is one of the most beautiful sounds! I could listen to it forever.
After we went to bed, I could still hear them VERY close, and I wanted to see them. So I snuck out to the dining room window to peak to see if I could see them. A minute later, a young guy swooped in to land on one of our Shepard Hooks/Bird Feeders about fifteen feet from the house. It sat there for a few minutes watching the house. It almost felt like it was looking at me. Which was a little creepy, but so cool at the same time. I quickly got my camera and took a picture.
It didn't work, so I tried to cover the flash.
It obviously didn't work!
So I turned on the porch light and got a FANTASTIC view of him. So I ran into the bedroom to wake Jake up. But in the three seconds it took to wake him up, it was gone! I was so sad, because I really wanted Jake to see it!
So I went to bed. But I just wanted to watch them, and to listen to them. I could hear several of them throughout the neighborhood. So I grabbed my hoodie and snuck back out onto our back porch and just sat there for a while. I could hear them all around. There were at least three, possibly four, of them squawking from the rooftops. I had my binoculars, flashlight, and camera ready for the instant it came back to the Shepard's Hook. It never did. But I could clearly see a pair of them sitting on the peak of the house behind us. I shined the flashlight on them and watched them through the binoculars. It was so neat! There was two of them, and one of them was kind of trying to walk up and down the steep roof. You could hear his talons scraping the shingles. I tried to take their picture.
I tried to shine the light on them.
It didn't work, so I tried again.
I know they don't look like much, but they are all different, I promise!
I sat there for about an hour listening to them, and watching them fly. So cool! I could hear them on our roof, on the neighbor's roof, and way off in the distance. After I went to bed, I could still hear them. As one of them flew away, he flew around the house and I could hear it so clearly and close as it flew past different windows.
I really wish I could have gotten a good picture to share with you.
We probably would never have this in town in Idaho Falls. I love Wyoming!
P.S. Here is a feather I found this afternoon! How cool is that?
But, last night when I was going to unplug the bug zapper, we heard this. After a little while we heard this. The unmistakable hoot of the Great Horned Owl! I just think it is one of the most beautiful sounds! I could listen to it forever.
After we went to bed, I could still hear them VERY close, and I wanted to see them. So I snuck out to the dining room window to peak to see if I could see them. A minute later, a young guy swooped in to land on one of our Shepard Hooks/Bird Feeders about fifteen feet from the house. It sat there for a few minutes watching the house. It almost felt like it was looking at me. Which was a little creepy, but so cool at the same time. I quickly got my camera and took a picture.
It didn't work, so I tried to cover the flash.
It obviously didn't work!
So I turned on the porch light and got a FANTASTIC view of him. So I ran into the bedroom to wake Jake up. But in the three seconds it took to wake him up, it was gone! I was so sad, because I really wanted Jake to see it!
So I went to bed. But I just wanted to watch them, and to listen to them. I could hear several of them throughout the neighborhood. So I grabbed my hoodie and snuck back out onto our back porch and just sat there for a while. I could hear them all around. There were at least three, possibly four, of them squawking from the rooftops. I had my binoculars, flashlight, and camera ready for the instant it came back to the Shepard's Hook. It never did. But I could clearly see a pair of them sitting on the peak of the house behind us. I shined the flashlight on them and watched them through the binoculars. It was so neat! There was two of them, and one of them was kind of trying to walk up and down the steep roof. You could hear his talons scraping the shingles. I tried to take their picture.
I tried to shine the light on them.
It didn't work, so I tried again.
I know they don't look like much, but they are all different, I promise!
I sat there for about an hour listening to them, and watching them fly. So cool! I could hear them on our roof, on the neighbor's roof, and way off in the distance. After I went to bed, I could still hear them. As one of them flew away, he flew around the house and I could hear it so clearly and close as it flew past different windows.
I really wish I could have gotten a good picture to share with you.
We probably would never have this in town in Idaho Falls. I love Wyoming!
P.S. Here is a feather I found this afternoon! How cool is that?
