Friday, December 26, 2008

No pasta, but an eagle and an owl


I drop my car off to have the oil changed and walk to the Italian American club for Friday night pasta. As I am walking I hear the hooting of an owl two or three times. Just as I get to the club, a bald eagle swoops down and lands in the fountain that is in front of the club to drink. No one’s around because there is no pasta the night after Christmas. As I approach the eagle, it flies up to a near by tree, the one I think the owl is in. I walk up the tree and watch the eagle who is watching me. It’s head turns quickly toward the middle of the tree and then flies off and circles the tree 3 or 4 times. One time swooping in at the tree center. Then flies a way.

I look up into the tree looking for the owl. I see it sitting on a branch next to where the eagle was sitting. Close call for both.

I picked up my car and went back and got some pictures of the owl. The eagle was perched on a nearby tree also. The photo shows the owl looking toward the eagle.

The next morning I saw 2 owls in the same tree. Were they both there the first night? I was focused on the one I didn't see the other?

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