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I really hope they have good backup generators in the hospital!

I have an app on my phone that monitors many of my clients power systems. We’re having big storms right now that keep interrupting the utility so I keep getting notifications with ever power glitch.

So far everyone’s been fine through the outages except for one guy who forgot to keep up with his generator maintenance. 🤦🏻‍♂️
 
@LittleSwitchy you wondered how owls manage on winter time. This is how big owls spend winter days - the photographer found it very sleepy. (If you've seen the torpedo owl, this is by the same photographer, Jani Ylikangas. He takes plenty of bird photos, all year round.)
https://scontent.fqlf1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/332946595_503864505269558_5096932723978157164_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_fr_q65&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8024bb&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=09xTFvjJdRQAX-2wdlD&_nc_ht=scontent.fqlf1-2.fna&oh=00_AfBvUh8t5ZOysJur3pvoQ63-2xwJTxajEgEkdXB5GmUrgw&oe=63FBC971
 
@LittleSwitchy you wondered how owls manage on winter time. This is how big owls spend winter days - the photographer found it very sleepy. (If you've seen the torpedo owl, this is by the same photographer, Jani Ylikangas. He takes plenty of bird photos, all year round.)
https://scontent.fqlf1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/332946595_503864505269558_5096932723978157164_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_fr_q65&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8024bb&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=09xTFvjJdRQAX-2wdlD&_nc_ht=scontent.fqlf1-2.fna&oh=00_AfBvUh8t5ZOysJur3pvoQ63-2xwJTxajEgEkdXB5GmUrgw&oe=63FBC971
That's Strix, alright..
 


Beautiful pic!

When my kids were little they had a realistic puppet owl that looked a lot like that. One summer night they set up a tent in the yard and asked if they could sleep out there.

At dusk they came into the house, “Mom, Dad! Come see! There’s a big owl right next to the tent!”

My wife looked out the window and saw what looked like their puppet. We humored them, thinking there was no way they could have gotten out of the tent without spooking a real owl.

We followed them outside as they walked right up to about five feet away from it….and it turned its head! It stayed there for a minute before casually turning around and taking wing.

Good omen. 👍:)
 
Beautiful pic!

When my kids were little they had a realistic puppet owl that looked a lot like that. One summer night they set up a tent in the yard and asked if they could sleep out there.

At dusk they came into the house, “Mom, Dad! Come see! There’s a big owl right next to the tent!”

My wife looked out the window and saw what looked like their puppet. We humored them, thinking there was no way they could have gotten out of the tent

My wife looked out the window and saw what looked like their puppet. We humored them, thinking there was no way they could have gotten out of the tent without spooking a real owl.

We followed them outside as they walked right up to about five feet away from it….and it turned its head! It stayed there for a minute before casually turning around and taking wing.

Good omen. 👍:)
Wonderful story! I've never spotted an owl outside zoo.

Jani Ylikangas is an award-winning pro so...
 
Wonderful story! I've never spotted an owl outside zoo.

Jani Ylikangas is an award-winning pro so...

We actually had one living in our neighborhood, here in Las Vegas. I only caught a few glimpses of it, but heard it all the time for several years until I moved. There were two huge trees in my yard, I think he lived up there.
 
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@LittleSwitchy you wondered how owls manage on winter time. This is how big owls spend winter days - the photographer found it very sleepy. (If you've seen the torpedo owl, this is by the same photographer, Jani Ylikangas. He takes plenty of bird photos, all year round.)
https://scontent.fqlf1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/332946595_503864505269558_5096932723978157164_n.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_fr_q65&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8024bb&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=09xTFvjJdRQAX-2wdlD&_nc_ht=scontent.fqlf1-2.fna&oh=00_AfBvUh8t5ZOysJur3pvoQ63-2xwJTxajEgEkdXB5GmUrgw&oe=63FBC971
The owl doesn’t look sleepy. He looks more like
HEY!!! What the hell are you looking at?!?! Don’t make me poop on your car
 
I have been without the internet for 5 hours and just read your posts. I am OK. All the ice has melted! But the tree damage in my city is extensive - power saws humming all day. My dog and I could only walk a small ways as a power poll is listing to port and acrsoss the sidewalk. Any way, I sort of cuaght up and here to stay awhile.
 
Hard to find them in the daytime........
I have been without the internet for 5 hours and just read your posts. I am OK. All the ice has melted! But the tree damage in my city is extensive - power saws humming all day. My dog and I could only walk a small ways as a power poll is listing to port and acrsoss the sidewalk. Any way, I sort of cuaght up and here to stay awhile.
U got power?
 
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