Does it bother you when someone enters your RV or home without an invitation? And then has a good look around. It happened to me on this last camping trip as I was sitting at the picnic table. A bold Bewick’s wren hopped into the RV, checked out the cab, and then spent about 10 minutes in the main room. Didn’t leave any calling card. But it sure was cute.
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Midnight Owls
There are no photos of the subjects of this post – just the story of a delightful encounter.
Midnight. I’m asleep in my RV near Elephant Butte Lake when I hear owls. Not the soft hoo-hoo-hoo that I’ve heard elsewhere, but a raucous hoohoo-hoo-hoo. And a response that overlapped it. Quite the cacophony.
Looking out the window I could just see the silhouettes of two very big owls on the shelter roof – maybe 12 or 14 feet from where I sleep over the cab. They stayed about 15 minutes, very noisy, and awkwardly balanced on the metal roof.
I had to look up the call to be sure of their identity – Great Horned owls. It’s closest to the territorial hooting at this link. This was definitely the highlight of my trip.
I was in the part of the RV over the cab. They were on the top of the shelter.
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