Interesting Birds

[John Hardman]

       


Hey Steve:  This is a shot I took this spring up Gillespie Gulch in JT.  Lila and I were coming down the upper road from Owens Flats.
As we descended the gulch an adult Great Horned Owl flew down the gulch in front of us.  When I got to the stump she had flown from,
I was scanning the ground for a possible feather?  As my eyes worked up the bank to where she had been,  Voila!   There stood Bubba!
He looked a bit surprised and froze for a few minutes.  Kinda like saying "Who, ah ah Who, ah Who Are You?"  I got several shots before
Mom called Bubba from down the gulch.  And "POOF" he silently flew away.  Karla got more shots after that and turns out Bubba
had a brother or sister too.  Great Horned Owls in that gulch as long as I can remember.