If you don't take your Camera
You'll wish you had As today has proven twice over ...... Sat May 29th Barred Owl This morning's walk was largely uneventful. The mist was rising from Mixal Lake as Jack and I walked down to check the view, so we headed on round to Camp Burley Road. As we started up the hill to the junction with Irvine's Landing Rd there was a cacophony of American Robins (a bit like the UK Blackbird but with a red breast and white eye-liners!), they were making a racket around a Barred Owl. I had decided I wouldn't take the camera this morning (BIG MISTAKE), so a quick few iPhone pics, finished the walk and went back a few mins later. Back to the ranch, grabbed the camera and to my surprise it was still there! Similar in size to the UK Short Eared Owl, it just sat there, looking at me taking pictures. After breakfast it was down to Garden Bay to check out the Madeira Market, which took all of ten seconds. So while Fred did a qu...