https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:59:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262753 Tue, 10 May 2022 18:38:50 +0000 JAileen 2262753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Approprio, thank you for that wonderful link. &nbsp;Wow! &nbsp;Those grey herons are very bold, aren’t they?! &nbsp;They look just like our great blue herons. &nbsp;Several years ago we were in Istanbul, and we saw them flying back and forth, endlessly. &nbsp;It turned out there was a rookery nearby.</p> <p>Apropos of nothing, in 2016 I was able to go to a YLF get together in Seattle. &nbsp;It was wonderful, as you would imagine. &nbsp;Afterwards my husband I did some regular sightseeing. &nbsp;This is one of my favorite pictures - a seagull eating a bagel. &nbsp;Actually, it’s a herring gull. &nbsp;</p> <p></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262747 Tue, 10 May 2022 18:14:38 +0000 approprio 2262747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen, there’s this one big grey bird who’s been hanging out there for ages. A video went viral last year of him strolling into the fishmongers, bold as you like. I can’t find it just now, but I recognized the shop.&nbsp;I thought our man was an outlier, but no, it says here that the grey herons are all over the city, staking out the fish markets like some sort of feathery mafia. They have definitely become more prevalent around town - they may even have muscled out the seagulls. Did they just spy an opportunity, or did something happen to their habitat? Certainly no shortage of wetlands around here.&nbsp;</p> <p>There are storks as well, but nowhere near as common.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/jun/05/urban-herons-amsterdam-in-pictures">https://www.theguardian.com/ci.....n-pictures</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262741 Tue, 10 May 2022 17:34:35 +0000 JAileen 2262741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Style Fan, thank you. &nbsp;I love owls, too. &nbsp;I had to look up “who cooks for you”, and it’s Barred Owls. &nbsp;We don’t have them here, but I saw them nesting when we visited family in North Texas a few years ago. &nbsp;We have seven species of owls here in our area, and I’ve seen six of them. &nbsp;You just can’t have too many owls. &nbsp;:)</p> <p>Approprio, &nbsp;thank you. &nbsp;What kind of heron is it by the fishmonger? &nbsp;He sounds very enterprising! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262694 Tue, 10 May 2022 08:10:51 +0000 approprio 2262694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic pictures! Thanks for posting!</p> <p>Our neighborhood is very built up, but green and watery enough for plenty of bird life. Not just corvids and pigeons, parakeets and woodpeckers too. Water fowl include mallards, mandarins, swans, moorhens, cormorants, and the famous heron who hangs around outside the local fishmongers… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262592 Sun, 08 May 2022 23:54:51 +0000 Style Fan 2262592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful pictures!&nbsp; I love owls.&nbsp; Owls live in the woods behind our house.&nbsp; Sometimes they sit near us.&nbsp; I love hearing them.&nbsp; "Who cooks for you?"<br />Your outfits look perfect for the occasion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262519 Sat, 07 May 2022 20:29:00 +0000 JAileen 2262519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sally, thank you. &nbsp;I’m glad you enjoyed the photos.</p> <p>Greyscale, how wonderful to have a campus celebration for peregrine falcons! &nbsp;Here, one regularly hangs out on top of one of the casinos. The casino is surrounded by low buildings, so the falcon gets a good view of potential prey from there. &nbsp;We’ve gone to see it, but from a block away.<div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262516 Sat, 07 May 2022 18:34:42 +0000 Greyscale 2262516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the story of your husband passing you a note while you were on zoom. I remember once in college (an urban campus) I was in a small history seminar course and a red tailed hawk landed on a branch just a few feet outside the window. I tried to hold my tongue but eventually I interrupted the professor to point it out! Not that they’re uncommon, but it was a neat chance to see one up close. </p> <p>Yesterday I went to an event celebrating the new peregrine falcon chicks that just hatched on my campus. Amazing how they’ve come back from near extinction during my lifetime, and now there are so many near me that they’re fighting over territory. I’ve only seen the adults twice because I was working from home the past few breeding seasons, but now I’m inspired to bring my binoculars to work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262477 Sat, 07 May 2022 03:32:48 +0000 Sally 2262477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great photos and it’s great to see a practical outfit that you can walk in rough terrain in and still look stylish! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls/page/2#post-2262473 Sat, 07 May 2022 03:11:23 +0000 JAileen 2262473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, we had a mallard nest in our side yard one year. &nbsp;One morning all the eggs were gone. &nbsp;I assumed it was a raccoon, but who knows? &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262470 Sat, 07 May 2022 02:32:10 +0000 Anonymous 2262470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like owls, especially the great horned. &nbsp;They often sit on the roof at night and call to each other. &nbsp;We are now getting hummingbirds. &nbsp;So far I have only seen a male black chinned this spring, but usually we also see rufous around. &nbsp;We had an Easter duck who laid and sat on them u til the next was attacked one night and eggs scattered and broken. &nbsp;I hope the mother duck is ok. &nbsp;We have not seen her since this horrible incident. &nbsp;We blame local coyotes or neighbors who let their cat out loose at night.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262462 Fri, 06 May 2022 22:44:31 +0000 JAileen 2262462@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cat2 - so lucky! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262461 Fri, 06 May 2022 22:29:34 +0000 cat2 2262461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen, we are near Mammoth. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262460 Fri, 06 May 2022 21:15:32 +0000 JAileen 2262460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aquamarine, thank you. &nbsp;I’m so glad you enjoyed the pictures.</p> <p>Suz, thank you. &nbsp;To me, seeing an owl is like finding an Easter egg. &nbsp;You’re lucky if you have one living near you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262459 Fri, 06 May 2022 21:00:27 +0000 Suz 2262459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, amazing! Those are fantastic owl photos.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Like Carla, we have a barred owl in our ravine...we also see a Great Horned from time to time, though not recently.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262457 Fri, 06 May 2022 20:43:17 +0000 Aquamarine 2262457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A-MAZING photos! Thanks for sharing! And you and hubby look perfectly appropriate for your activity…which we all strive for :-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262456 Fri, 06 May 2022 20:37:46 +0000 JAileen 2262456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cardiff girl, thank you. &nbsp;Several years ago we were in another park and one of our dogs, while on leash, found an owlet. &nbsp;It was near the parking lot, and people often let their dogs run free there. &nbsp;We called a rescue organization and were advised about transporting it. &nbsp;Anyway, I held it in my lap for about a half hour! &nbsp;It was older than these babies, but still didn’t have any feathers. &nbsp;It was making clicking sounds with its beak. &nbsp;A few months later, we visited it the day before they were going to release it, and it turned out to be a she.</p> <p>Carla, thank you. &nbsp;I wore the ball cap instead of my Tilley because I thought I might want my hood up, which I did, in the fierce wind. &nbsp;Having an owl on your roof is pretty special! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262453 Fri, 06 May 2022 19:58:55 +0000 Carla 2262453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>That is a great photo of you, JAileen! &nbsp;I like your pink ball cap.</div><div><br /></div>A barred owl had taken to roosting in a tree in the ravine behind our house. &nbsp;We had a perfect view from our master bath, and checked on him daily. It seemed like he was keeping an eye on the activity around the bird feeder! &nbsp; DH told me about how crows don’t like owls and will hassle them, and then a few days later, we witnessed this very behaviour as several crows went at the owl on his perch, until he flew away. &nbsp;He’s moved farther into the ravine, but we still see him from time to time. </p> <p>One evening recently a great horned owl took up a watch from our roof. &nbsp;This isn’t a great photo - taken with an iPhone through windows and screens - but you get the idea. &nbsp;</p> <p> <div><div>We get all kinds of wildlife in our backyard, but this year has been busier then usual. &nbsp;We even had a pair of ducks visit our pond last month!</div><div><br /></div></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262448 Fri, 06 May 2022 16:50:30 +0000 Cardiff girl 2262448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great looking boots!These photos are great.What a thrill to see these owls in the wild,l have only ever seen them in a zoo and l have never seen their owlets before.Thanks so much for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262446 Fri, 06 May 2022 16:44:06 +0000 JAileen 2262446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, owls are very hard to spot. Probably the best way to find them is to follow their calls, and narrow it down from there. &nbsp;I&nbsp;look for a wide spot on the limb, and sometimes it’s what we’re looking for. &nbsp;&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>A few years ago we were way out in the country, and several wild turkeys accosted us. &nbsp;They never touched us, but they were really aggressive. &nbsp;Apparently other people had fed them. &nbsp;I was struck by how beautiful they were, not at all like farm turkeys. &nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262443 Fri, 06 May 2022 15:18:57 +0000 Janet 2262443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love owls! And your Timberlands. </p> <p>I hear owls in the woods behind our house but haven’t spotted them yet. Hard to see them! But we had a huge black vulture hanging out in a tree in the back of our yard the other day. He was just hanging out there, wings spread, for like half an hour, freaking the dogs out. </p> <p>We also heard wild turkeys in the woods last week. And robins and wrens have nests in our yard. One of the really lovely things about living in the woods in the springtime! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262439 Fri, 06 May 2022 14:51:14 +0000 JAileen 2262439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bijou, they are just wonderful, aren’t they? &nbsp;</p> <p>Brooklyn, thank you. &nbsp;I usually wear the boots in winter. &nbsp;They’re not insulated, but because they are taller, they’re warmer.</p> <p>Sal, thank you. &nbsp;My husband’s everyday uniform is hiking clothes. &nbsp;He usually wears long sleeved nylon shirts, and the vest he’s wearing has twelve pockets!</p> <p>Star, I love owls too.</p> <p>Suntiger, how lucky! &nbsp;In the last year or two I was in a zoom meeting and my husband passed me a note - there was a great horned owl on the power pole in our backyard! &nbsp;So of course I had to leave the meeting to go look at it. &nbsp;We had never had one in our yard before.</p> <p>Allora, thank you. &nbsp;The water was only two to three inches deep. &nbsp;The trees are in an area with a stream running through.</p> <p>Lana, how fantastic!</p> <p>BlueJay, thank you. &nbsp;The jacket is called dusty denim or something like that. &nbsp;The babies are just so precious.</p> <p>cat2, I’ve seen those books - they’re really good for starting out. &nbsp;Because my husband is so hardcore, I’ve picked up quite a lot over the years, but I am <i>no expert</i>. &nbsp;We have the guides on our phones, but I think they’re hard to see out in the sun. &nbsp;I really like Sibley’s guide. &nbsp;Where are you in the Sierra? &nbsp;We’re probably seeing the same birds!</p> <p></p> <p><div>Sharan, thank you. &nbsp;Birding is like hiking, except for the walking part. &nbsp;So when it’s cold, I really need to bundle up. &nbsp;So I have a lot of jackets. &nbsp;This one is a winner for wind. &nbsp;One thing I like is the pockets have zippers. &nbsp;I have a couple of Lands End jackets that don’t have zippered pockets. &nbsp;Well, I’m not going to put anything of value in them.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262437 Fri, 06 May 2022 14:43:28 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2262437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That jacket sounds and looks really good! I also like the pants. It's nice that you have outdoor gear that looks good on you, in flattering colors, and is highly functional. Your DH looks like a stylish birder, too. The owls are amazing; thanks for sharing the photos! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262433 Fri, 06 May 2022 13:53:43 +0000 cat2 2262433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, the owlets are so cute! We are complete birding novices and our favorite book organizes the birds by color: all the black birds in our area of the Sierras are lumped together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262432 Fri, 06 May 2022 13:52:59 +0000 BlueJay 2262432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the colour of your new softshell!&nbsp;</p> <p>The baby owl peeking over the top is adorable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262431 Fri, 06 May 2022 13:49:39 +0000 Lana 2262431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After seeing your post I had amazing owl dreams. Thanks for posting pics.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262428 Fri, 06 May 2022 13:35:22 +0000 Anonymous 2262428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great pictures! Glad it was worth the wade.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262418 Fri, 06 May 2022 11:28:13 +0000 Anonymous 2262418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love owls! We have barred owls in the woods behind my house. Sometimes we hear them talking to each other at night when we're sitting on the back porch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262413 Fri, 06 May 2022 08:24:43 +0000 Star (Lise) 2262413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love owls, actually most birds, thanks for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262410 Fri, 06 May 2022 06:13:14 +0000 Sal 2262410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great photos-how exciting to see the owls! You both look fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-to-see-owls#post-2262405 Fri, 06 May 2022 02:45:30 +0000 Brooklyn 2262405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Owls are super cool. Thanks for sharing. </p> <p>And I like your well worn boots. Authentic </p>