Happy Superb Owl Sunday!

 Isn't it great to have a day dedicated to owls! We love them so much.

I wish that we could see more of them in our woods, but at least we hear the barred owls almost nightly, especially in January-April, as they are thinking about mating and nesting.

I would love to see and hear a Great Horned Owl in Maine, but have yet to have this experience. I will have to settle with having seen this one in Florida while visiting with my mother years ago.

Vegetable Growing Chart for 2023

Yes, it is early, but I am already planning on the vegetables that I am going to plant this summer. I am going to attempt to grow my plants from seed in the basement. But, first I have to have my chart of which veggies to grow and their requirements.

Barred Owl call

A pair of barred owls were hooting and hollering in the trees that border our property. I was able to capture some audio of their calls. You are probably most used to hearing the "Who Cooks For You, Who Cooks For You All" call. They have many calls in their repertoire and the one that I captured this evening is one of the most common.

Click on this link to hear the more traditional "Who Cooks for You" call that I captured in 2020.

Milkweed Seeds

I love milkweed, plain and simple.  It has gorgeous flowers that when fertilized yield dried seed pods containing a multitude of brown seeds.

The seeds are arranged in layers, all neat and orderly, and each seed is attached to a bundle of delicate strands of silky, yellowish white fibers.

The fiber bundles act like parachutes and carry the seeds as they get picked up by the wind.

The seeds eventually fall to the ground and if the soil conditions are just right, they take root to grow new milkweed plants.