Owl Medicine from my Backyard Forest

we had a midnight visitor last night!  Please disregard the background noises, as I recorded this from inside the house:).  Also note, there is no video, as it was midnight, just the cool sound of the owl!   The photo is an oldie but goodie of an owl that blessed us with her presence right in our backyard.  And last night we were gifted with LOTS of owl songs....she was somewhere at the edge of the forest!  Amazing!!  Turn the volume up
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmfzAl8hAhQ&list=PLMz4YszD8Kul4FV3EAcGTthziSQG7tZjW

a day of wildlife and nature

we surprised girls today and took them to the Fairy and Gnome Festival at the Oatland Island Wildlife Refuge near Tybee Island in Georgia.  The only problem was, we shouldn't have surprised them, because MAMA didn't think to bring fairy wings and costumes with :(  snff

Anyhooooooo.....all was not lost :D

Please met Wahoohoo (Cherokee for owl).  She's a sweet 15 year old barred owl girl (they figured out five years ago she was a girl, not sure how).  She was rescued long ago, but imprinted so is unable to be returned to the wild.  She's not shy at all, she's a sweetie.  They did let everybody touch her (she's soft, like puppy fur), but we received the special treatment, because we bought t-shirts, made in her honor (and I'm assuming to benefit her care:)  Last night, we heard a barred owl, RIGHT at the edge of our backyard woods (she's been there before)...had NO idea it was a sign that we'd get to meet and hold her beautiful cousin the very next day!

 
 
they had a fairy house competition for different age groups...this was my favorite:


Mostly it was an event to benefit this wonderful wildlife refuge!  We LOVE this place!  We walked around and saw some of the other rescues:
 

gopher tortoise...the state reptile of Georgia

bison....we saw LOTS of these on our trip out west!


grey wolf
Since we were already in the mode, we stopped at the Savannah Wildlife Refuge (the part you can drive through is actually in South Carolina) and took a few photos of the girls......SO peaceful here!

oh, and I saw some beautiful blooming lily pads!

a peaceful day was had by all!

xoxo