Owls

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4 years ago

She was special Birca my barn owl.

I had a male too he always screamed. I didn't raise him but he came to me because he drove his owner crazy. Later he went to a hunter at that time he learned his screaming brought him nothing. Birca stayed with me. She was my baby and made the sweetest sounds I ever heard. She didn't like strangers and only my eldest could reach her. It's strange how each time an animal dies something died inside me. If I think of her I could cry again.

I won't take a new owl my life changed and my opinions about keeping animals changed too. I do not want them to depend on me. It's painful to see how they suffer if you are too busy or sick to spend time with them.

Since weeks I hear a sound as if an alarm goes off.

Each evening it's a few minutes earlier. By now around 8 pm. After that time I see them fly. Owls! I have owls living under my roof. The adults don't really fly high and sit in the dead walnut tree in front of the window. As soon as they leave the other noise starts. Screaming baby owls. They are so cute and sit on the Hollywood swing only 12 feet in front of the window. I tried several times to take photos but it's too dark outside and the screen curtain doesn't make it easier.
The crying little owls are not answered. I think it's time for them to search for their own food. I hope the wolves will leave them alone. I already buried enough life that came to an end in my garden.

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4 years ago

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i once found an owl on a bikepacking tour in the rain, it was sitting apathetic on the road - we took it to the vet - it was so peaceful - since then i love owls even more

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3 years ago

Ahh it's a freewrite. I thought you cared for owls too

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4 years ago

I care for owls. Have even bred with them. The one's outside are real.

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4 years ago

That's so cool! I could only imagine taking care of one. Do you have photos of them maybe?

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4 years ago

No, I no longer keep photos after I used them but who knows I can find some left in an album or manage to take photos of these in the dark. I wish I had a better camera.

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4 years ago

It's fine if you can't find them or you can't take a photo, i just really got excited that you can get that close to owls >w< they're really interesting birds to me

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4 years ago

Kudos!

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4 years ago

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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4 years ago

Nice article. I enjoyed it

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4 years ago

Thank you for reading. I hope to make a photo of the owls once. πŸ™‚

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4 years ago

Its good to know that you cared for them

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4 years ago

They can care of themselves. It's the best way to keep a pit. They live their lives and I watch them and have the pleasure of doing so.

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4 years ago

My husband once saves the life of a baby bird. We took care of it and it grows up well. We just started teaching it to fly when a friend came by and told us that it is not good to cage a bird. He let it go and the little one then was eaten by the dog. I still remember the heartache I felt that day every time I saw the other birds of it's kind.

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4 years ago

Oh that is horrible. If the bird is attached to you it's no problem and might sit on the cage just fly a bit. The barn owl is lazy, literally sits on it's ass. It only flies to eat and I feeder her. Once she had eggs the male had to do it but she wanted me to give it to her. It was so cute and he didn't understand it.

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4 years ago

I am hoping to see it fly freely but my hopes are crushed by someone else stubbornness and short thinking. The owl probably just want to keep your company.

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4 years ago

That was a hard lesson. Better trust your own instinct.

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4 years ago

I have learned to trust my instinct and I have few times regret ignoring. I promise myself that I will not ignore it anymore.

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4 years ago

Same here. I ignored because others said I should... but in the end, I turned to be right and the harm was done and I had to deal with it.

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4 years ago

Right. I always tell my husband that I am not always right but I am sure I am 70% good on my instinct.

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4 years ago

Owls produces unique sounds and are nocturnal birds. Very interesting article. Thank you for writing. 😊

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4 years ago

Not all owls are. It depends on the color of their eyes. Each animal has it's own unique sound and some have similar sounds. πŸ’•

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4 years ago

Your article always has an interesting title and the content itself.

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4 years ago

If I freewrite the title is the prompt I used. I don't know if it is the most interesting title but I like to keep it short/simple. Too because many words won't make the photo look better.

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4 years ago

That is what pets do, with their owners, without wanting to break the hearts of those who love them the most.

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4 years ago

Not all pets. The owl I had saw me as her partner just like parrots have one for life. She never really learned to hunt so I did the killing of the mice for her. 😁

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4 years ago

wild birds are free, they should not prey at all, they were born free therefore they must die free, they do not need human help they know how to take care of themselves alone man is the cause of damage by invading their space.

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4 years ago

What do you mean? A bird of prey or an owl needs prey. These owls made a best under my roof and live free. Perhaps I should kill them because they ruined my roof and if it rains my ceiling will leak πŸ€”

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4 years ago

Wow. It's lovely that you cared for owls. Great article.

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4 years ago

Thank you.

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4 years ago

You're welcome.

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4 years ago

In my country, this is tough to find an owl.😒

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4 years ago

I saw a few years a small one in a tree. It started at me and I looked back. I ran home for my camera but it was gone as I came back. I call it the owl forest because I always see owls fly above it. I never saw any again. Now they live with me.

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4 years ago

Please capture it. I want to see an owl.😒

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4 years ago

wow

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4 years ago

Owls are so just cuteee

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4 years ago

They are indeed. It seems owls and humans are close if it comes where the evolution starts. Kind of strange if you think about that.

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4 years ago

Yesss Hahaha. I saw some posts on facebook and I want to have one❀️

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4 years ago

I like the content of this article. How you observed the barn owl outside of your window.

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4 years ago

I am happy they are there. I like owls, had and bred them myself. This way it's better. There's a bird of prey I call mine too. It always sits in a tree and if I pass by it flies for a while along with me.

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4 years ago

Owls can be a great buddy :)

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4 years ago