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owls

i went to b's work for lunch and he showed me the resident owls they have there.

i didnt even know we had owls in alaska. only ones ive ever seen were made of wood or were on the television.

so he showed me. nice little family. mom, dad, and twins. the twins still have some of their fluff on them - they are incredibly adorable.

its the time where the mom is no longer bringing food to the nest to provoke the babies out to fly and hunt on their own. but one of them hasnt yet left the nest. it is quite sad thinking what might happen to him if he doesnt get out and test his wings.

while we were there, he was looking over the edge of the plywood nest. hes thinking about it - maybe hes the kind that doesnt like being rushed and/or forced into something. i know how that is.

the one that has ventured out of the nest was sitting on a high beam in the warehouse (in which resides the nest). he was quite interested in who we were and what we were doing - he didnt stop inspecting us from the time we entered the building until we left.

and the mom didnt much care for the anti-red-eye flash on my camera. heh.