And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
We have a horned owl that lives in the woods on our property in the winter. Can't wait for it to come back. Love hearing its call on a cold, crisp night.
Not that silent. Saw a snowy take a racoon at 3am once. The whirr of the wings was surprisingly loud on a quiet night. The coon heard it coming, but not in time.
I was working with the chainsaw last week, taking a break, when one of these glided silently overhead and landed on a cedar branch and let loose a screech. They're completely silent, flying. A nice moment.
I have a pair of barn owls (not sure if it's the same pair) that nest in the loft of the barn every year. I set up a cam one year to record their business and soon after hatching out their young the adult male was bringing in a mouse every 15-20 sometimes 30 mins all night long until the young left the nest. That's a lot of mice.
This blog posts from National Geographic explains the reasons for Barn Owl’s relatively silent flight capability: https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2015/07/24/creature-feature-quiet-as-an-owl/
We have a horned owl that lives in the woods on our property in the winter. Can't wait for it to come back. Love hearing its call on a cold, crisp night.
ReplyDeleteBankin' off of the northeast winds...
ReplyDeleteAnother of God's amazing aviators.
DeleteNot that silent. Saw a snowy take a racoon at 3am once.
ReplyDeleteThe whirr of the wings was surprisingly loud on a quiet night. The coon heard it coming, but not in time.
I was working with the chainsaw last week, taking a break, when one of these glided silently overhead and landed on a cedar branch and let loose a screech. They're completely silent, flying. A nice moment.
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DeleteI have a pair of barn owls (not sure if it's the same pair) that nest in the loft of the barn every year. I set up a cam one year to record their business and soon after hatching out their young the adult male was bringing in a mouse every 15-20 sometimes 30 mins all night long until the young left the nest. That's a lot of mice.
ReplyDeleteWell, it DOES seem to have cat's paws.
ReplyDeleteThis blog posts from National Geographic explains the reasons for Barn Owl’s relatively silent flight capability:
ReplyDeletehttps://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2015/07/24/creature-feature-quiet-as-an-owl/