JohnBoy
Well-Known Member
two or three times over the winter I saw a bird in our back yard. As I drive in the gate and swing around the lights sweep the back of the garden and I saw a relatively large white bird taking off. We have a lot of birds in our garden, get all sorts of species visiting. I dont know why, probably the lack of evil tillage farmers in the area or something :)
Anyway, this bird was different. I'd have an idea of a lot of them that call regularly and how they move and the way this bird took off and turned seemed quite distinctive, reminded me of the late late opening sequence of old.
Wife and kids thought I was mad. saw it again last night when walking down to the shed after tea, followed by a call I knew had to be an owl. half an hour later I had gone back up to the house and was returning when this time it flew towards me, into the light of the house and hardly 20 feet off the ground when he passed me. was a very cool experience seeing an owl in flight, but to see it's face lit up a couple of feet away was unreal. I must talk to the neighbours and see if anyone knows where it's nesting. They're a thing to be cherished and protected in my opinion. I hope whoever this owl's landlord is feels the same.