While on vacation a few summers past, and walking through the Sonoran Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, we wwere fortunate to get a glimpse of a great horned owl perched high up in a tree.
Some of the rest of the scenery was equally as breathtaking.
All in all some great views and for me a chance to sneak a post past that angry mutt.
A Rare Horned Owl Sighting Friday Photo
Ed,
How great that you shared your photos with us. And the cactus shots are also great! I think the dog does not like posts with emojis and clip art. A
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
A It's trying to sneak around that mutt and post something. The photos are always great as they are fond memories
What beautiful photos, Ed. And I'm delighted to be able to click through to your post today... all I get is that stupid dog on most of the ones I've been trying to read these past three days.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Hello Ed - that owl sighting brings to mind: caught in camouflauge. I think the landscape of the desert offers many surprises.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Thank you very much for sharing your photographs.
Take care, be safe and have a great day.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Good morning Ed. Great pictures indeed. Don't suppose that owl can take away a certain dog in the Rain, could he?
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
That owl would take the cake as most impressive to me. Thanks so much for sharing your photos.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Hello Ed, that is something to see a owl that up close. Make sure you do not havea small dog with you.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
While you know I love the photos! I've been seeing a lot of pics of great horned owls lately on a FB group. Amazing, aren't they! I love the Desert Botanical Gardens!
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Ed glad to see you were able to evade the angry little mutt. I am ready to put out a contract on him.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Hi Ed,
One of my favorite places is the Desert Botanical Gardens. I have a picture of those cacti. You have to have a person in the image to get a better context of how tall they are!
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
You were very fortunate to find that out and be able to take a picture Ed. Thank you for sharing...
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
I love this Ed!!! And so glad that you didn't have that dog yapping at your heels. You standing next to the cacti is amazing.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
I hope that you will visit again sometime soon! I have only been to the botanical gardens here once and it was at night. I really should check it out during the day.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Good Saturday morning, Ed.
Take care, be safe and have a lovely weekend.
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Waterbury, CT
Ed, that owl sure blends in with the tree, and I may not have seen it. Good job in capturing the photo!
At a software company that I worked several years, we had a tree where a gigantic horned owl perched for awhile. A wildlife team came to check on him, and when they brought him to the ground, I found that as big as he was, he didn't weigh very much. Turns out, much of their size and girth is fluff from feathers. To this day, I never describe myself as fat - only fluffy!
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