I love the quote about self acceptance. The Owl is so beautiful. Many years ago an owl arrived in one of our trees in our garden and stayed for 3 weeks. I would look upon it each day and be filled with awe. When my first born was 5 weeks old, I was driving the car & I saw something fluffy by the roadside. It was a baby owl! I nestled it in my kid's blanket and took it to a Veterinary Hospital where it was cared for and eventually released. Owls are so special :)
I have a range of emotions over birds. The year around ones, barred owls, pileated woodpeckers, green belted kingfishers (more often heard than seen) deliver delight by the day. Migratories, too, offer much to be wowed by. And like the hooded mergansers, the last of which left here on Feb 9, I experience a wistfulness, a longing, for their fall return. Now our summer migratory arrivals are settling in. Especially grand are ones from the south, Central and South America. Wood storks! Swallowtail Kites! Along with plenty I’m forgetting. Such cycles remind me to be present. In this moment. Grateful. Thanks for your nudge today to do so.
I had the good fortune one fall, as the storks were beginning their southward migration, of seeing a dead tree full of storks. Fifty plus! This occurred in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge south of Tallahassee. That location provides access to food to stock them with energy for their long flap! So many birds indeed! All the best, Karen.
No amount of self-improvement will ever make up for a lack of self-acceptance.” - Dr. Robert Holden~ I am in tears~ I have a Facebook friend that just wrote me ~we have never met but been friends for 10 years~ she asked me this morning if she could tell a mother at church ~who’s just disowned her daughter about me~ of course I said yes~ I told her about my coming out and how I feel loved and excepted by the Lord and my friends ~but it hasn’t always been this way~ it’s a hard road but I finally at 50 I learned to except me~ sorry I just went on~ I love the little birds and the owl~ but Dr Holden is just what I needed ~ bless you my sweet girl.❤️
So much love Catherine. I just discovered Dr. Holden, on a Youtube video with Jerome Braggs about self love. I just started listening to his book, "Lovability" and I want the one with poems called "Finding Love Everywhere".
Love all of these photos, but I must say I am a little jealous of the owl photo. It is a big wish to find one where I live. I hear them often, but I never see them. Unfortunately, there is construction now, and I hear them less.
One thing I forgot! Ask the owls to let you see them. I’m pretty sure you only see owls when owls allow themselves to be seen. I can’t tell you how many people I have watched walk past an owl without ever seeing it.
Oh, I hope you see one. I see them most often about 30 min to an hour before sunrise and same after sunset. However, Barred owls will be out hunting during the day. I used to see them late morning. They start nesting about now and for the next two months they have to do even more hunting than normal. And great horned owls should have owlets about to leave the nest in the next few weeks. With Owls, you want to look closer to the trunk and on lower branches, unlike hawks. And oof, sorry about the construction/destruction.
Thank you Jeffrey. It's not crowded yet, but the tourists (migrants) are increasing! We usually say it gets busier after tax day (April 15th), but this year, who knows? I might need to get my hummingbird feeder and oriole feeders out earlier.
I love the quote about self acceptance. The Owl is so beautiful. Many years ago an owl arrived in one of our trees in our garden and stayed for 3 weeks. I would look upon it each day and be filled with awe. When my first born was 5 weeks old, I was driving the car & I saw something fluffy by the roadside. It was a baby owl! I nestled it in my kid's blanket and took it to a Veterinary Hospital where it was cared for and eventually released. Owls are so special :)
Oh how wonderful on both accounts! Owls are so special.
I have a range of emotions over birds. The year around ones, barred owls, pileated woodpeckers, green belted kingfishers (more often heard than seen) deliver delight by the day. Migratories, too, offer much to be wowed by. And like the hooded mergansers, the last of which left here on Feb 9, I experience a wistfulness, a longing, for their fall return. Now our summer migratory arrivals are settling in. Especially grand are ones from the south, Central and South America. Wood storks! Swallowtail Kites! Along with plenty I’m forgetting. Such cycles remind me to be present. In this moment. Grateful. Thanks for your nudge today to do so.
Someday I really hope I will see a wood stork! I've only seen one swallowtail kite! Ah, so many birds, so little time.
I had the good fortune one fall, as the storks were beginning their southward migration, of seeing a dead tree full of storks. Fifty plus! This occurred in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge south of Tallahassee. That location provides access to food to stock them with energy for their long flap! So many birds indeed! All the best, Karen.
WOW! That's so cool.
No amount of self-improvement will ever make up for a lack of self-acceptance.” - Dr. Robert Holden~ I am in tears~ I have a Facebook friend that just wrote me ~we have never met but been friends for 10 years~ she asked me this morning if she could tell a mother at church ~who’s just disowned her daughter about me~ of course I said yes~ I told her about my coming out and how I feel loved and excepted by the Lord and my friends ~but it hasn’t always been this way~ it’s a hard road but I finally at 50 I learned to except me~ sorry I just went on~ I love the little birds and the owl~ but Dr Holden is just what I needed ~ bless you my sweet girl.❤️
So much love Catherine. I just discovered Dr. Holden, on a Youtube video with Jerome Braggs about self love. I just started listening to his book, "Lovability" and I want the one with poems called "Finding Love Everywhere".
Thanks Karen I will look this up~ have a good evening
Build a post and the owl will come! And it did!
There have always been owls in that area, I just knew they'd like the fence posts!
What a wonderful place you must live, and what a great eye you see with! The photos are all quite wonderful but the Winter Wren knocks my socks off.
Thank you Diane
Love all of these photos, but I must say I am a little jealous of the owl photo. It is a big wish to find one where I live. I hear them often, but I never see them. Unfortunately, there is construction now, and I hear them less.
One thing I forgot! Ask the owls to let you see them. I’m pretty sure you only see owls when owls allow themselves to be seen. I can’t tell you how many people I have watched walk past an owl without ever seeing it.
Oh, I hope you see one. I see them most often about 30 min to an hour before sunrise and same after sunset. However, Barred owls will be out hunting during the day. I used to see them late morning. They start nesting about now and for the next two months they have to do even more hunting than normal. And great horned owls should have owlets about to leave the nest in the next few weeks. With Owls, you want to look closer to the trunk and on lower branches, unlike hawks. And oof, sorry about the construction/destruction.
Love that little squirrel and the deer.. lovely birds beautiful ❤️😍👍
Thank you Sharon
Beautiful. And your neighbourhood of birds seems to be crowded right now! The song sparrow is especially lovely. Thank you.
Thank you Jeffrey. It's not crowded yet, but the tourists (migrants) are increasing! We usually say it gets busier after tax day (April 15th), but this year, who knows? I might need to get my hummingbird feeder and oriole feeders out earlier.