Yesterday I was in the kitchen standing at the stove cooking when I noticed a man walking by. He stopped right in front of my kitchen window and in horror and confusion was looking up at my tree. No idea what this man is doing. He walks off looking back the whole way and looking up at other trees and we just figure he's a loony toon...no big deal.
Well I walk to my pantry door right at the window and look out and NOW see why he was so dumbfounded. There's a TON of white feathers in my yard. What the heck? Michael goes out front and inspects and tells me to go out there.
I took these pictures today so a lot of feathers have blown away but this is what we saw:
WAY up high in my tree...this is on one of the branches
A little bit of what's left in the yard....there was a ton more littering my yard and over into my neighbors.
So we have NO idea what happened. Remember it rained - well POURED most of yesterday afternoon with thunder and everything. It appears to have been obliterated - whatever happened. Just by the spread on the tree. It's white feathers - lots of them and a lot of long mature ones in the yard...was it an owl? A mallard?
Was it shot? It would have to have been shot from the side of my house or my neighbors...but where's the body? Was it struck by lightening? Did it get into with a squirrel? I wouldn't think a squirrel could do that much damage to a big bird...that this appears to be. I've never seen a cat in that tree and especially not that high. This is a big tree. Was it something else?
Just way to weird! I've only had 1 other instance with that tree. I heard a kitten crying and was searching EVERYWHERE for it. Pulled the ladder out to look on the roof and there was a big ol' hawk in that tree with the newborn kitten in it's talons.
Well I walk to my pantry door right at the window and look out and NOW see why he was so dumbfounded. There's a TON of white feathers in my yard. What the heck? Michael goes out front and inspects and tells me to go out there.
I took these pictures today so a lot of feathers have blown away but this is what we saw:
WAY up high in my tree...this is on one of the branches
A little bit of what's left in the yard....there was a ton more littering my yard and over into my neighbors.
So we have NO idea what happened. Remember it rained - well POURED most of yesterday afternoon with thunder and everything. It appears to have been obliterated - whatever happened. Just by the spread on the tree. It's white feathers - lots of them and a lot of long mature ones in the yard...was it an owl? A mallard?
Was it shot? It would have to have been shot from the side of my house or my neighbors...but where's the body? Was it struck by lightening? Did it get into with a squirrel? I wouldn't think a squirrel could do that much damage to a big bird...that this appears to be. I've never seen a cat in that tree and especially not that high. This is a big tree. Was it something else?
Just way to weird! I've only had 1 other instance with that tree. I heard a kitten crying and was searching EVERYWHERE for it. Pulled the ladder out to look on the roof and there was a big ol' hawk in that tree with the newborn kitten in it's talons.
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