Old Homosassa – Page 41

Where have all the birds gone?

June 10, 2014 by KTgreen

That’s what I asked Terry Sunday evening. We’ve been home from our Texas adventures for a week and no birds. The feeders were overflowing with sunflower seeds but the only taker was a damn squirrel that had figured out how to get up the “squirrel-proof” pole. Damn squirrel.

Then I realized that the squirrels were “crying” which is what they do when there’s danger. And they’ve been doing a lot of that.

And then I saw the problem…

Owl And this owl was shortly joined by a friend

Owls These pictures don’t show how large these owls were. And they looked like they were discussing that cute little “tastes like chicken” pooch at my feet.

I believe that the two owls have been stalking our bird feeder for at least the past week. Maybe longer.

Owls Owls Owls

We have owls, hawks, ospreys and an occasional eagle in our back yard. I’m never too worried about Maggie. After all, she is a chunky monkey. But these two were very intent on staring at me and Maggie and didn’t leave until we went in. Then later I took Maggie out for her nightly stroll out the front door. And there were the owls. And they returned the next morning. So am I paranoid? Or are they after my dog?

Cobia Tournament

June 10, 2014June 9, 2014 by KTgreen

OMG! This weekend was the Cobia Tournament. This is the BIG tournament for Old Homosassa. While there are two places to start out from, everyone has to take their boat to MacRae’s to get their fish weighed. The excitement starts Friday night with two captains meetings. Which means that everyone that is in the tournament is hanging out at the Shed.

We went to the Shed Friday evening to meet up with friends and check out the band. No parking. No tables. Glad we rode our bikes. We ended up sitting at the picnic table at the Bait Shop. Craziness. Got a picture of these guys as they came in.

Red Snapper — This guide, Zack, he’s the guy in the back on the left and is about 21 years old, went out 105 miles to catch these red snapper. WOW!

It’s the tradition to get down to MacRae’s before 7 am on Saturday morning so we can watch the captains go out. We barely got there in time. We slept in a bit later than normal–could be from going to the Shed the evening before!

They are off — And they’re off! Almost as exciting as the Belmont!

The locals — The Locals. See how far Gus and Maggie are from each other? Gus really wants to be friends with the Magster but she’s not having anything to do with that!

My favorite team, I call them the Ladies in Pink. They always have a drink while they go by the starting line!

MacRae's new patio — MacRae’s have put in a new paver patio. Nice. And there’s the stage and a tented eating area. So calm. So empty.

On Sunday I rode my bike back to MacRae’s. About 3:30. I knew that the captains have to be in by 4 to have their catch weighed. Thought that would be fun. Not so much fun. I don’t know where all of these people parked, but it couldn’t be legally! Plus they were way ahead of me on the beer consumption.