Night owls
I’ve always been a night owl, and right now we have a family of them in the garden. They sleep by day and hunt by night to feed their owlets.… Read More
More fox and owl action in the garden
I’d seen her, but my husband hadn’t. So yesterday evening, we did a fox stakeout. And then she scrabbled up on the 6-foot fence.… Read More
Owls, lizards, finches, and fox at home in my garden
Watching wild creatures make their homes, hunt, and raise their young in the garden hugely motivates my gardening efforts.… Read More
Screech owl in the box and garden anoles
I’ve been keeping an eye on the screech owl box in the front yard. A nesting pair has chosen it, and I believe they’re feeding owlets.… Read More
Athena the great horned owl nesting again at the Wildflower Center
A great horned owl has been nesting at the Wildflower Center for 15 years, laying her eggs each spring in a planter niche high on a wall.… Read More
Screech owl nesting in new owl box
LOOK! An owl! I believe we have a nesting female in our front-yard owl box. There’s another screech owl hanging out in the trees – her mate.… Read More
Screech owl still hanging around
The screech owl hangs out in the owl box each day, dozing in the doorway each morning or alert but relaxed each evening.… Read More
A screech owl in the new box
A screech owl has been hanging out in the new owl box for a couple of weeks. Yesterday I finally spotted it!… Read More
Screech owl visitor
I looked up and noticed a screech owl hanging out in the door of our owl box. First sighting of the season!… Read More
Screech owlet makes a surprise June appearance
Last evening we watched the dark shapes of swooping owls feeding their chick. It makes me so happy to see owls nesting in our garden again!… Read More
Fawning over this baby
Curled up behind an ‘Everillo’ sedge, a tiny fawn held still, hoping its camouflaging spots would keep me from seeing it.… Read More
Screech owl at sunset
January 29, 2019The sky went pink last evening as a cold front blew through. In the owl box, a small screech owl watched me from his snug perch, safely out of the wind. The owl box hangs in a different … Read More
Screech owlets have flown the coop
May 18, 2018 The three screech owlets in our owl box fledged this week. We’ve spotted one of them in the crape myrtle — the red-hued Moltres, my daughter thinks. Its red coloring is more visible in the last photo … Read More
Screech owl pair await nighttime owlet feeding
April 29, 2018 Yesterday, to our excitement, we spotted Lucy and Desi, our nesting screech owl pair, perched in live oak trees near the owl box. I’d suspected that their chicks had hatched and were getting bigger because Lucy was … Read More