Finally had an observation gift that happens once a decade.  Sunday morning, I went to our deck overlooking the ravine as part of my daily ritual.  Heard a bunch of robins and jays carrying on and figured it had to be the Barred Owl I heard the day before.  I whistled a screech owl and sure enough, the barred came in hovering below me turning circles.  It then landed on a branch squarely in front of me.  It saw me and flew-hopped a couple branches back into perfect view and stayed there for 15 minutes while we took pictures.  It was amazingly patient as it was being dive-bombed by robins.  It really was incredible being above it while it was flying.
   
  On another note, a Black-throated blue warbler was yard bird #105 and the Carolina Wrens nesting in the garage finally fledged yesterday.  How on earth they raised the young with a garage door shut all day I’ll never know.   Three Scarlet tanagers were icing on Saturday’s cake!


Timothy Shue
Director of Music
Central Christian School
P.O. Box 9
Kidron, OH  44636
330 857 7311
       

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