Wednesday, December 4, 2013

My Little Birthday Visitor

Woke up to dense fog yesterday morning and when I took Dottie Dog out, I barely noticed something was occupying the hole in the big Maple tree.  The fog lifted just enough for me to get some pics.


Remember that Eastern Screech Owl I told you about a few weeks ago?



It was perched in the hole!




In researching owls, I learned that Eastern Screech Owls will stay perched in a tree like this for the entire day and their feather markings help them blend into the tree bark.  

These photos were taken from my upstairs deck which allowed me to be almost level with the owl and the tree is about 20 feet from the deck.  The hole in the tree is only about 5 inches wide by about 7 inches tall.

When I got home from work just after dark, I took a flashlight out to see if the owl was still in the tree.  It was gone, but it was a nice little surprise visitor for my birthday.



 
I received this beautiful project bag from Meari for my birthday.  It is just so perfect and brings a smile to my face every time I look at it! 

Thank you so much, Meari!


Hubby made dinner and a cake to celebrate my day.

DD and her fiance stopped by with a few gifts.

Bird seed and a new feeder

and floss...

In the card, DD wrote "One pound of bird seed and one skein of floss for each year of age".

I had to chuckle when the kids told me how much bird seed and how many skeins of floss they were giving me because they think I am younger than I am! 

I'm not sure if they were just trying to make me feel better about getting older or if they really think I'm younger, but either way, I really don't mind, lol.

What are you working on?  Are you shopping and decorating or busy making gifts?

Have an awesome day!








24 comments:

  1. The pictures of the owl in the hole are so cool!

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  2. Happy birthday Pam. What great gifts you received. So SO jealous of your owl sighting. That is just too cool!

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  3. Happy Happy Birthday Pam! What a sweet gift from your DH.
    Your pics of the owl are amazing. cool!

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  4. Happy Birthday. Looks like you had fun with some great gifts.
    what an amazing visitor , I am so jealous. Wow !

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  5. Happy belated birthday! Hope you had a great day!

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  6. Happy birthday, Pam! That is an amazing picture of the owl in your tree, it must have been such a rush to see him in person! :D

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  7. Happy Birthday!! Your children gave you very thoughtful gifts. So funny that they had the wrong count!! At least it was in the right direction. The owl photos are wonderful . You are so lucky to have seen one.

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  8. Cool photo of the Screech Owl. If you weren't looking, you wouldn't even know he was there!

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  9. I love your daughter's gifts to you--so sweet :) Was your birthday on the 3rd? That is also my brother's birthday--he turned 57...

    Oh, that screech owl is so cute--amazing to have gotten such a great photo!

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  10. Sounds like you had a great birthday! The owl is adorable. Glad you like the project bag.

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  11. Sounds like a wonderful day and what a fun visitor to have had for the day!

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  12. oh...forgot to say Happy Birthday!!

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  13. Happy Birthday Pam! Sounds like you received some nice gifts:) Love the screech owl photos, you capture some awesome photos of your backyard feathered friends.

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  14. Happy Birthday Pam! You received some nice gifts:) Love the screech owl photos, you capture some awesome photos of your backyard feathered friends. I'm feeling a bit of panic as well with my todo list for Christmas so your not alone-lol. I do every year, but it all works out:)

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  15. Happy Birthday!! What a fun gift! Those pics of the owl are amazing!! I could sit and listen and watch owls all day/night!

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  16. Wonderful photos of the owl, how cute. Lovely gifts too.

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  17. Hi Pam the owl is really neat! Really nice getting all the loot you got for your birthday!
    Mary Louise in IN

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  18. Happy birthday. Love the owl pictures.

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  19. Happy Birthday! The owl is amazing! Bird seed and floss, a very nice gift.

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  20. Pam! I'm so sorry ... I didn't know it was your birthday! Happy belated birthday! May the coming year bring you many, many blessings : )

    Love the screech owl!

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  21. That was a very sweet birthday gift. I love the owl pictures...I'm still hoping to see one in my trees someday.:)

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  22. Love owls! What a wonderful picture!
    Great gifts! Happy birthday!

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  23. Having an owl in your tree like that has to be cool. I love owls! Happy belated Birthday! I love the fact that your DD got you some floss! DH fixing dinner was nice too!

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