About birdsandturtles

There were very few official birding stops this summer, however we got a surprising visitor at my Grandpa's house, with an even more surprising neighbor discovered soon after! As I was heading down to get some more wood for the fire with my grandpa, we saw three or four large birds fly up out of the grass... My first thought was crows, but then I realized they weren't cawing so then I thought hawks. Since I'm basically blind without my glasses, I couldn't see anything clear about the birds once two of them landed in a tree. I ran to get my binoculars, and I was delighted to see that they were two fledgling Great Horned Owls! The next day, I went to the barn at about the same time, this time with my camera, and I was able to get many good pictures of them. about a week later, my Grandpas neighbor sent him a picture of a Barred owl in almost the exact same area as the Great Horned owls. this is very surprising because normally if those two species are near  each other the Barred Owl would kill the Great Horned Owl, but apparently this time they were doing fine!