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Remember you two - no drinking and driving - the boys in blue are watching you!

Way to go - we knew you would do it?  That one seems dark to me - or is it my computer?

My fav is always the little chickades that hang around all year.  I can't get enough owls - they're so hard to find it's worth the hunt.

About the barn owls - they are a very frisky couple!!!!!!!   You would think they would have a tree full of eggs by now! I just got our first snowy owl report- I'm on the hunt!!!  I hope it hangs around this weekend.  You need to keep your fingers crossed for me!

You do know Curlybird that once the dam breaks and you see your first waxwing  - you'll start seeing them all over the place.  That's what happened with my first CW and  my green herons.  I know we sent a bunch your way - they just haven't found YOU yet!

My 2 cents worth is to get a couple of potted trees - my neighborhood birds like to hide in the arborvitea bushes near our deck.  When I go out to fill up the feeder that's where they all fly.  This time of year you can usually find them on sale at Home Depot or Lowes.  Get a couple of 4 or 5 footers and put them in potts and put ...

Barn owls can nest almost any time of the year.  It's pretty common for them to nest in the fall and spring.  Our great horned owls nest in late january!

It's very live!  They've been living in this tree for some time now.  We've been wanting them to lay eggs for a couple of months but despite all his best efforts they haven't layed any!  The 4 babies that hatched last spring all fledged - although that was from different parents.  The owls are both banded but so far we can't ...

It looks like a pelagic to me.  Mostly because if the shape of it's head and neck.  With all the storms we've had it's very well could be tired.

I don't know how well this will work but here goes!  There is a barn owl web cam at the Audubon Starr Ranch in Orange County CA.  The other evening I was watching the cam when the female came home with this huge rat.  I was told it's a wood rat but I have no idea what that is.  But anyway - it was amazing to watch this barn owl ...