Coffee and Face

There was this Facebook Meme with sketches of owls whose faces depicted the respective reactions based on the type of coffee consumed:

I remembered that I had photographs(!) of the Philippine Eagle Owl showing very similar facial expressions, so I thought why not use those pictures instead.

....and voila!

all photos @ Bob D. Kaufman

Enjoy your javas everyone!

Chick Flicks

As I have mentioned in my previous blog, our primary purpose in going to Big Morongo Valley was to look for the Long-eared Owls and their nest. We easily found it at the Marsh Trail between markers 6 and 7. However, when we got there only a single chick was on the nest staring at us with almost human-like eyes.

Scanning the surrounding area, we located a second, albeit older, chick, again staring at us with wide open eyes.

It took us a while before locating an adult (which was thankfully pointed to us by the leader of the birding group that were also watching the owl family). It was sleeping deep inside the tangle of vegetation.




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