This picture was taken today right out my computer room window...which as you can see faces our back yard. I could not believe my eyes and I could barely speak the words to get Richard in here to see it too! What a beauty this Barred Owl is! As big as a Great Horned Northern but without the horns! It was a wonderful blessings to recieve this gift of beauty today... Anyone that really knows me, knows how much I love owls...it's funny though because my mother had a real love for them too, she collected everything owl! From lamps to salt shakers! :) I wear an owl tattoo on my right calf as well...
For my birthday last January, Richard brought me to a local wild animal rescuer's home...He specializes in owls! It was a complete suprise until I walked into this strangers home, I had no idea why I was there :) Then I saw the first owl a wee Saw-Whet, they are sooo cute and teeny, the man (who is a pharmacist at a local pharmacy) took him out of his big beautiful cage and held him in the palm of his hand! I got to pet his wee little head... I guess this poor thing had flown into the headlight of an oncoming car, the drivers called the Humane Society and they called this man...he is licensed to care for these injured and abandoned creatures.
So after chatting for a bit, I thought this was it, no way! I was then told he had 3 more upstairs!!! This man had given them a room of their own upstairs in his home! It has no furniture or wall hangings of any kind, it's just empty besides the huge trunks and tall standing branches on two sides of the room...they can fly from one side of the room to the other if that suggests the size of the room. He even talked to them and got them to hoot to me! I was speachless when I saw the two Barred Owls and the one Great Northern Horned Owl, who was in a cage. The owls could not live on their own after being nursed back to health by this man, it's a pure selfless act what he has done for them! It was an amazing evening and one I will never forget! I love my husband very much for giving me such a wonderful gift...
Here's a picture I foudn of a Great Northern Horned
For my birthday last January, Richard brought me to a local wild animal rescuer's home...He specializes in owls! It was a complete suprise until I walked into this strangers home, I had no idea why I was there :) Then I saw the first owl a wee Saw-Whet, they are sooo cute and teeny, the man (who is a pharmacist at a local pharmacy) took him out of his big beautiful cage and held him in the palm of his hand! I got to pet his wee little head... I guess this poor thing had flown into the headlight of an oncoming car, the drivers called the Humane Society and they called this man...he is licensed to care for these injured and abandoned creatures.
So after chatting for a bit, I thought this was it, no way! I was then told he had 3 more upstairs!!! This man had given them a room of their own upstairs in his home! It has no furniture or wall hangings of any kind, it's just empty besides the huge trunks and tall standing branches on two sides of the room...they can fly from one side of the room to the other if that suggests the size of the room. He even talked to them and got them to hoot to me! I was speachless when I saw the two Barred Owls and the one Great Northern Horned Owl, who was in a cage. The owls could not live on their own after being nursed back to health by this man, it's a pure selfless act what he has done for them! It was an amazing evening and one I will never forget! I love my husband very much for giving me such a wonderful gift...Here's a picture I foudn of a Great Northern Horned
And here is a very serious looking Northern Barred, like the one that was in my tree today!
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