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Owl in a Cactus

I've only gotten close to an owl once before today, and that was when mountain biking in a ponderosa forest. They are larger and more powerful than I expected. They seem more exotic and menacing than other raptors. So I grinned from ear to ear when a friend walked us over to an owl nest on the southwest side of Tucson. (Gee, maybe I should provide GPS coordinates so readers will have the ultimate in convenience in finding the owl. Isn't that how "RV blogs" are supposed to work?)

An impudent Malevolence in the shadows...






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Unknown said…
I'm impressed. That little camera takes great photos. Glad to have been able to lead you on a birding tour.
Paul said…
I love owls! I love the whole "wise owl" mystique, too. They are such beautiful creatures; in the way they look, their grace in flight and the sounds they make.

I once lived in a place where owls would nest in the woods, right outside my door. Few things are cooler than being still and listening to the owls.

I caught the sarcasm in your last sentence and I, for one, appreciate what you meant. Drawing others to a serendipitous find like that is not only wrong but spoils not only the adventure of finding things for oneself but the satisfaction of finding it in the first place.

So many things are disturbed or destroyed in nature, or that were left behind so many years ago by travelers or inhabitants of an area, by people who have no appreciation or idea what they're seeing or doing. It sometimes truly is like casting pearls before swine.
Thanks. I honored the occasion in a way you probably wouldn't approve of: I borrowed the movie, Hitchcock's "The Birds", from the local library. The malevolent darkness of the owl, surrounded by all that light, inspired me, apparently.
XXXXX said…
Makes me ponder recent comments Santorum made, citing the Bible that Man has been given dominion over the planet vs his sarcastic account of the opposite, that man is just a part of nature. In other words, down with the environmentalists. Sure makes me scratch my head in wonder at how the human brain functions.
George, if I understand Santorum's statement correctly, he believes that some people believe that Man is just a part of nature. Well, I certainly believe that, but I'm in the minority.

The average metropolitan environmentalist is more theological regarding nature than bible-thumpers are regarding the Bible.