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There are some horned owls that seem spend a lot of time on my property at night. We like listening to them Who Who at each other. Sometime last year one swoop
by nullc 6y ago
There are some horned owls that seem spend a lot of time on my property at night. We like listening to them Who Who at each other.
Sometime last year one swooped over me while I was outside, I had no idea it was there until it was feet away and it was gigantic. Startled the hell out of me.
Only time I've ever actually seen them. I'd love to get some photographs of them but because they move so silently they're hard to find.
- Baeocystin 6y agoI used to live on a ranch, lots of open space and a few tall trees near my house. I decided to get a cheap night-vision monocular to check for coyotes before I let my dogs out in the evening. The first night, just looking around for fun, I was shocked by the huge owls that were living in the trees, and flying around looking for prey. They had learned to take flight as soon as I opened the door, the noise + running dogs frequently kicking up a scurrying meal for them. I'd lived there for a year, and had no idea. You couldn't hear a thing, even with them swooping in for a kill just feet away. It was incredible to watch!
- nullc 6y agoI now feel stupid. I have a LWIR camera. I can find the owls. One of the big revelations from our security cameras is how much animal activity that goes on which we'd otherwise have no idea about. We're visited almost every night by skunks, racoons, and foxes... but we only see them first hand a couple times a year.