Three Baby Owls from driveway
Last Friday, saw that we actually had three owls in the family. Much easier to see in the video and pics then in real life. Here’s the best shot. I apologize for the shakiness as I was getting eaten alive by mosquitoes.
Sunday evening, find it’s three owlettes and a parent watching over. Have a still shot of the parent, and YouTube of the three cuties not waking up. Shot these while standing on the roof and STILL being eaten by mosquitos.
Closeup of Momma / Papa
Getting breakfast this morning and catching up on the Twitter, just happened to see this little fella sitting on a bakers rack on the porch:
Baby Owl on our Porch
I’ll see if I can get a better picture.
Woke up this morning with all of the cats on full alert. Went to the window, and they appeared to be a fuzzy light gray Tribble on our tree. Scroll through the photos and you’ll see who it is.
Dawn called Austin Wildlife Rescue and they said the little critter is fine. Making it’s way down from it’s nest to the ground for the next part of it’s adolescent life. Momma will feed it at night.
The owl, after an hour or so, hopped onto the roof for the next leg of it’s journey. We’ll keep an eye out and post more pictures over the next few weeks if we’re lucky enough to do so.
(2005-08-13) The picture(s) I didn’t get was Jaime, who first saw the spider, in some sort of awe/terror. Then when Dawn and Jaime saw it, it was a house wide freakout.
Went to get the camera and the vacuum cleaner. Got this great shot of it (flipped over as it was upside down) before sucking it up and saying a prayer to The Great Spirit. I really hated to kill it, but couldn’t imagine trying to live in the house with Dawn not knowing if it was working it’s way back into the house from the outside. Also… couldn’t think of how I would get it out of the house without freaking out myself.
So here’s to you, you great spider!
If anyone can identify this spider, we would sure be interested to know. Use the comments below.