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Who Cooks for Youuuu?!!

Year 13

Many folks have asked me if I have another children’s picture book planned, and the answer has been “sort of”. My desire has been to write & photograph a new owl picture book (and give away the PDF version) with the title … Who Cooks for Youuu?!! My basic theme would be about wildlife and their mom’s who feed the youngsters. Anyhow I have been in search of a Barred Owl nest which would help me increase my number of Barred Owl images. This morning that goal came a bit closer. Remember, anyone may currently download a free PDF copy of my prior owl children’s picture books.

Images and Video (movie link for subscribers) were taken shortly after sunrise this morning … only one Barred Owlet is out of the nest cavity at this point. Flying is some time off in the future. Mom was protecting her owlet from a nasty crow.

Flight of the Northern Hawk Owl

Year 12

Earlier this week I was privileged to spend more than an hour by myself watching this Northern Hawk Owl hunt. The bird has now been discovered by a few other birders, and while it is nice that other folks get to see this majestic owl, I will miss my “personal” sessions. Remember, this bird is my Sparkbird. Thus, there can NEVER be too many photos of the NHO!

Flight of the Northern Hawk Owl

Other images from “the hunt”

A Day for the Owls!

Year 12,

After a day and a half of fierce winds gusting of 45 mph, this morning dawned bright and calm (albeit cold at -9F). My comment is make certain you have a good weather app, and an app which is configurable to show you the hour by hour forecast as provided by the US Weather Service. I tend to focus upon cloud cover percentages, and wind speeds (basic and top gusts).

Thus, I knew the morning would be good in terms of finding my Northern Hawk Owl. After the poor weather it should be hungry (hunting was difficult) and willing to use perches out in the open (calm winds warmed by the sun). I met with success!

When the clouds started to roll in late this morning I headed home. However, my great day of birding was not over. Taking a break from the computer I walked out to our living room to read a book, but I became very distracted. A Barred Owl was only 25 years away from our window hunting squirrels underneath my feeders! Enjoy!

(video link for email subscribers)

My weather app, available for iPhone or Android is named Weawow.