32 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Could she tell if it was a Barred, Screech, Horned, whatever?

 

First glance, it looks like a Screech...but I'm not 100% on that.

Not sure - this pic was taken with a Canon Rebel 7  with 75-300mm lens, pretty low light and a good distance away. 

Last winter we had a Great Horned Owl here for a few weeks but never could get a pic as we'd only see it at night.  This bird seems a bit smaller and doesn't have the 'horns'.

 

The give away is always the agitated group of cawing crows.

They seem to come from near and far to harass the owls for hours.

Pretty sure the crows have good reason, as the Great Horned Owl is their most dangerous predator.

A-Jay

 

47 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Past two weeks or so, there's been 'evidence' that the local rabbit population was being dined on.

But there hasn't been any footprints so we had to think it was an aerial attack.

My wife may have confirmed it when she took the dogs out this morning.

We usually see one or two of these a winter and certainly appreciate

them helping to keep the varmint kong population in check.

A-Jay

 

Nice. I got to see a Red Tail Hawk take out a cottontail last fall. It was pretty impressive. Head shot with the right talon. Instant death, that bunny never even twitched. The hawk had to work pretty hard to get airborne, but it managed to fly off with it.

It looks like a Barred Owl. Screech and Great Horned owls have ‘horns’ we’ll call them. This guy looks like he’s missing those.

16 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

It looks like a Barred Owl. Screech and Great Horned owls have ‘horns’ we’ll call them. This guy looks like he’s missing those.

Yup ~

Lynn got a few better shots this morning, confirms it.

A-Jay

I sometimes hear these guys hooting when I launch my boat before the sun is up. Very spooky sounds they make. Unmistakable. I hear them right outside the camp a lot as well in the evenings. 

1 hour ago, Jar11591 said:

I sometimes hear these guys hooting when I launch my boat before the sun is up. Very spooky sounds they make. Unmistakable. I hear them right outside the camp a lot as well in the evenings. 

If you've ever heard them snag a rabbit in the dead of night - it's wicked bad.

Rabbit screams and it sounds like someone is skinning a baby !

I like it either way.

A-Jay

Just before Sunrise on Valentine's Day 2025 at the 45th parallel ~

A-Jay

16 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Just before Sunrise on Valentine's Day 2025 at the 45th parallel ~

A bit after sunrise at the other 45th parallel...

Wanna send some of that snow our way, Andy....we could use it.

30 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

A bit after sunrise at the other 45th parallel...

Wanna send some of that snow our way, Andy....we could use it.

I would if I could.

We have plenty to spare.

A-Jay

 

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

We have plenty to spare.

 

Have you been going on the roof to clear snow again?

1 hour ago, gim said:

 

Have you been going on the roof to clear snow again?

I have not cleared the roof.

But if I never look up at it, 

it's good to go.

#denial

🤓

A-Jay

10 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

I have not cleared the roof.

But if I never look up at it, 

it's good to go.

#denial

🤓

A-Jay

It'll let you know if too much snow accumulates. Kinda like "should I retie that knot".

7 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Just before Sunrise on Valentine's Day 2025 at the 45th parallel ~

A-Jay

Beautiful..

17 hours ago, GaryH said:

Buzzard in a tuxedo 

Baked chicken in the oven and Cosmo refuses to leave the vicinity for nearly 2 hours, just staring at it.  As if it's going to fly out into her mouth. 

5 minutes ago, gim said:

Baked chicken in the oven and Cosmo refuses to leave the vicinity for nearly 2 hours, just staring at it.  As if it's going to fly out into her mouth. 

That was Bruno when we were roasting a turkey. He'd be nose-on to the oven the whole time.

One of my builds I’m doing now is in Coast Guard city USA. Virtual meetings most of the day today meant I parked my butt on the frozen shores of Lake Michigan. You can’t tell by the picture but the iceberg filled water was rolling today.

 

 

^thats pretty awesome! 

Old girl smiling big 

Stumpy says "Put me in Coach, I'm Ready to Play !."

 

A-Jay

On 2/21/2025 at 9:57 AM, Jar11591 said:

Old girl smiling big 

Must…… pet…….

 

Some creative individual evoked the soul of a cypress tree in a remote section of Lake Verret in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana.

This is Weeks. He’s thiiiick.