From Harold Wilion
Poor Grayson.
It's kind of sad to watch the cutest little Screech Owl, Grayson, sitting in his hole trilling away, looking for a mate. He lives in the same area as Betty, a red morph, who's already hooked up with another red morph, that we're not sure, but may be Whitey, who she was hooked up with last year.
Screech owls supposedly mate for life. Until recently, when the only red we would see was Betty, I was hoping she would hook up with Grayson as I would have loved to see how the combo of red and gray would end up, but I guess that just ain't gonna happen.
And now you know what high school was like for me, just sitting in a tree outside the school, trilling away, just trying to find a mate
Brah. That's harsh. Someone invite Grayson over for pizza and video games.
It made me so sympathetic when Flaco was doing the same thing. For Grayson, there's just not another lady screech nearby. For Flaco, there was no other Eagle Owl in the wild on the whole continent!
In a similar vein, I was looking for owl news articles today and almost all I came across was more of Canada's failure to protect the Spotted Owls. The 6 captive bred ones all died and the lonely lady Spotted is still there by herself in the whole province. Now they're trying to build a ski resort right on top of it. I want to share the story because it's important, but I don't want a real downer right before Valentines.
I did find an article about Mexico seemingly doing a better job with the Mexican Spotted Owl that I think I'm going to use to do a side-by-side look with how Canada is failing. Maybe I'll do it next week.
I hate putting up ad news, but there is public comments being taken until the end of the month against the proposed resort, so it seems like news that should be shared. I'd post all happy stories if I could, but I feel we are in for a bumpy ride for anything environmental.
I understand, it's a fine needle to thread but I appreciate those kinds of stories too. If anyone can lend a voice it's worth it.