We have owlets!
June 02, 2010 Last weekend we finally spotted what we’d been hoping to see: owl chicks in the owl box. There are two, and while downier and smaller than their parents, they are close to fledging, I think. They keep their parents busy. In the afternoons they hang their heads ...
Any night owls reading blogs?
May 19, 2010 I bet there are a few of you reading right now, so I thought I’d post a couple of gratuitous screech owl photos from our owl box this evening. He’s such a cutie! All material © 2006-2010 by Pam Penick for Digging. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited ...
Everglades National Park: A beautiful, mysterious waterworld
March 23, 2010 Anhingas and flowering bromeliads in the Everglades, Florida On telling friends that we were planning to visit Everglades National Park, my husband and I found that raised eyebrows and wrinkled noses were the most common responses. Why visit a bug-infested swamp, they asked. We have a thing ...
Screech owl tenant
February 24, 2010 Night owl news! The squatter squirrel has departed or been evicted by the new tenant. At last, after a year-long wait, we have a screech owl in our owl box. I noticed her (or him) on Tuesday, as I was out covering tender plants before a predicted ...
