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May 16, 2005
The neighborhood owl
Andrew just wrote about a neat experience he had with a neighborhood owl. I was going to leave this as a comment, but... well, maybe he should double check his LJ configuration screen. Or not.
Anyway, there's an owl in our neighborhood. He... at least I think of it as "he"... likes to sit on the peak of our roof. Given the hill and neighborhood layout, it's probably the highest spot for a few hundred yards. (Yeah, we'll talk about the lightning some other time.)
I discovered him about a year ago when he was hooting away on the roof over my head. I wandered around the house trying to find the noise, eventually going up to the attic where the noise was much louder but not enough to locate. Eventually I went outside to see if I could find it, and there was the owl, sitting atop the roof, sillouhetted against the moonlit clouds like just one more vent pipe. He's big, though, almost two feet from head to tail.
Other nights when I've had reason to go out, I look up to his perch. It's usually empty, but he's there often enough to keep his claim, and he's usually very quiet. His one night of hooting was a singular performance. He could be up there right now, and I wouldn't know it. I like that.
Narrative by Dan at May 16, 2005 11:46 PM