Here’s a post that I started, and then abandoned, back in May. I didn’t really have much to say, but still, it’s a great memory, so I thought I’d share.
I’m a cheap date. At least I would be, if I were dating.
Take tonight for example. It’s spring, and the weather is fabulous. All of the windows are open, and tonight, I was treated to a chorus of owls.
There are at least three of them out there tonight, and the exciting thing is, we’ve got two different species out there having a conversation!
There are two barred owls, one right in my backyard, and one a little further off, characteristically asking each other, “Who cooks for you?”
Barred owls are apparently obsessed with who’s doing the cooking. An entrepreneurial chef could probably make a killing catering for these buggers.
Anyway, the third owl is an Eastern Screech Owl, which is much rarer here in my neighborhood. While the barred owls are frequently hooting the night away around here, I’ve never heard an Eastern Screech Owl here before. What an amazing sound! Reminiscent of a horse’s whinny, but longer-winded.
See what I mean? A couple owls hooting in the yard, and I’m all excited. Cheap date.
This is the glory of living in the sticks. Sometimes it’s frustrating being away from the city, like when I find a cheap flight and consider a quick get-a-way, or when I’ve got a craving for a good Boba, which is pretty hard to come by where I live. But I wouldn’t trade my evening critter encounters for the conveniences of the city.
You never know who’s going to show up in your backyard. There have been deer and turkeys, and a bear once. There’s a constant parade of birds. I’ve never seen a porcupine in my yard, but one of my dogs did, as my veterinarian can attest. I smell skunks from time to time, and I’m grateful that my dogs have never found one of those. I’ve seen opossums and fisher cats in the neighborhood, and there’s a nightly concert put on by our local pack of coyotes.
You can have your Boba. I'm sticking with the wildlife.
Kimba
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