Probably Not a Barn Owl

Is it a hoot owl? Someone queried.
I had no idea. Wondering myself.
There are so many kinds of owls.
I had researched them.
It is probably not a barn owl I guessed.
For the barn had been torn down.
Two nights later I discovered my error.
Staring at me from the top of an elm tree was a large barn owl.
She looked at me in an accusing way.
How long will it take to rebuild that barn? I asked my husband.
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Hankins Avatar
September 6, 2022 at 7:31 PM
Bless its heart. Someone took its home. We humans are not mindful enough of the animal's places in our world. We pave them over, and they cannot figure out why.
Krutsinger Avatar
September 8, 2022 at 2:34 AM
My friend Marianne is having her barn rebuilt this week- and she does have a barn owl!
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