Hey, nyctea – my wife picked up an Owl Box for me for Father’s Day. We don’t have a barn, so I figure I’ll wire it up on that big oak on the hill, and see if we get lucky and attract a Barn Owl . I’ll let you know how it goes.
jayjay
June 14, 2008, 9:18pm
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squeegee:
Hey, nyctea – my wife picked up an Owl Box for me for Father’s Day. We don’t have a barn, so I figure I’ll wire it up on that big oak on the hill, and see if we get lucky and attract a Barn Owl . I’ll let you know how it goes.
That’s an interesting site. I had no idea that barn owls are the only Tytonidae species in the New World.
squeegee:
ok, I found a couple of pics from a two summers ago. He was smaller (if its the same bird), but still gaudy. We were doing some grading on the property, that’s why all the raw dirt in the background. But, yes, this was really in my backyard (or rather, just outside), and a peacock really did just happen to wander by.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_3542.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn66/squeegee64/IMG_3540.jpg
I can hear him Kayaa!-ing out the window now. Which is cool, but, jeez, he’s going to town this year on the love-sonnet screams.
I want something in that shade of blue.