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Owls in the Back

Owls

Owls in the Back

Terry’s mother was here for the weekend. And I just flew in from North Dakota on Friday evening.  So I didn’t get much quality time with my camera.

This morning at 2 am I heard Maggie outside barking.  She has a wee doggie door so she can go out to the deck and into a small fenced yard during the night. Typically Maggie goes out, sniffs around, takes care of business and comes right back in. If she barks, it’s usually because she’s spotted a racoon and chased it up a tree.

But this time I heard an owl.  Which caused me to get up, turn all the outside lights on, and chase the dog from one end of the deck to the other to get her back in.

Maggie weights about 13 pounds.  My Audubon friends have told me, while an owl can’t fly off with her, it could cause her serious damage with the talons.

Therefore I’m running around in my pj’s at 2 am pursuing a deaf dog.

All is well.  Maggie had a great time and is now snoring on the couch.  I’m wide awake with a fresh cup of coffee and looking for all of my barred owl snaps from the past few years to share with you.  And share with my mother-in-law who reads this blog and loves owls and commented about hearing them from her room while she was here.

Owls in the Back

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Things that fly!

(in my yard)

Butterfly

doves
These guys are always a little nervous…..

Could it be they are looking for predators?

hawks

Well, it is a bird bath! And a hawk is a bird!
Well, it is a bird bath! And a hawk is a bird!
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And this guy is only looking for some food from the bird feeder!
cardinal
Coast is clear!

moth

hummingbird

Indigo bunting
Kind of looks like a bluebird here but I think it’s possibly an Indigo Bunting.

Indigo Bunting

hummingbird

And we had another meeting…..

And we had another meeting.....

Yeah.  That’s what we do.

And we love it!  Because we think we are making a difference for our little community.

This time, Terry volunteered to be on the board for the Old Homosassa Veterans Memorial.  

Which is such a great group.  There is one memorial for the purple heart veterans in Citrus County.  And another memorial for veterans.  For $100 and if you are an American veteran living in Citrus County, you can have your marker there. The money for those markers helps pay for the free markers for the purple heart veterans.  

Plus they sell flags for $20 at a lot of local venues and make a bit of money from that which goes towards the memorial.

Veterans Memorial in Old Homosassa

Pretty Cool.

I’m not part of the group but I went along with Terry.  

Cause I didn’t have another meeting.

And the meeting was at Margarita Breeze.

The headquarters of American Patriotism and great food.

I figured I could somehow squeeze dinner into that meeting.

Just in case you don’t already know, Margarita Breeze is the reincarnation of Margarita Grill.  Just not on the Homosassa River.  It’s on Kings Bay.  Way north of the old location.

And we had another meeting.....

So.

Of course I ordered the Grouper Reuben because I’m on a personal quest for the BEST Grouper Reuben.

grouper reuben

And, there was coleslaw on it.  

And we had another meeting.....

Really?

A Reuben should have sauerkraut.

But the Reuben was great.  Even without sauerkraut.  But it could have been better.  With sauerkraut.

Terry had fish and chips.

fish and chips

Look at this view!

And we had another meeting.....

If you stop by Margarita Grill, you can get an American flag for $20.  There’s other patriotic stuff, too.  The money goes towards the memorial.

Do it!