The two silhouettes are two different birds in my yard. One of them was close enough for a close-up, but wasn’t interested in making eye contact.

Daphne, 6ish last night. She dropped by, said “Hooaw!” exactly three times, and then flew purposefully off as if she had heard a response to the west.

We were coming home from our walk yesterday when an owl swooped right over the street in front of us, heading for our yard. Immediately my day brightened. […]