Late last night I was sitting at the computer with the window cracked, and I could hear owls hooting to each other up and down the ravine in our back yard. I've never heard them before! They went on for a few hours, and it was so pretty and unexpected and perfectly Octoberish, to hear owls hooting.
Since I was right at the computer, I checked and there are four owl species native to Virginia. Based on what their call sounded like, I'm thinking they were great horned owls, or bubo virginianus.
[How amazing is this wonderful Internet, that I can sit at my desk and find files of owl calls to compare with the ones outside my window?]
Just as I'm not a dog lover but I like Scotties, so I'm not especially a bird lover, but I'm fascinated by owls. They look so supercilious. Sort of British.I found more Halloweeny fun stuff today: pumpkin carving templates at AllRecipes. I think we may carve us up a couple jack o'lanterns for fun this year. Not having kids, we often miss out on some of the more kidlike holiday fun, but it doesn't have to be that way, does it?
2 comments:
Tracy (your loving SIL) agrees that it was probably a great horned owl, even though she didn't hear it or see it. That's how good a birdwatcher she is!
Natalie is sitting on my lap. She and I carved pumpkins this afternoon - I wanted to carve a St. Louis Cardinals pumpkin, but settled on a kitty cat instead.
p.''''''lkkkks;;fl <----Natalie typed this - she says it means "I love you, Aunt Janelle!"
By the way...enjoy your last day of being thirty-blank (I won't reveal your true age, since it's unbelievably old!)
-Your loving YOUNGER brother
p.s. Natalie says that the sharks are coming down on her. Hmmmm...I think she's had too much sugar today.
I love you too, Punkin! Watch out for those sharks!
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