Casey and I have reached the pinnacle of domestic-ness in that every week we fire up the television and watch a mini series called "Fortitude", an X-Files-like sci-fi drama about a mysterious demonic virus that plagues a remote island community on the Arctic Circle. It's good TV, you should check it out. As with any thriller slash murder mystery, we wait until it's dark out before starting a new episode, to add to the suspense of the plot. Coincidentally the hours after dusk are when the Boreal Owl is most active, and while watching the show we often hear in the background a male calling near a nest box I placed in a tree beyond our living room window. A few nights back, during a tense scene involving a shadowy figure lurking behind one of the main characters, a dark shape swooped past our window in the direction of the nest box. "Was that an...owl?" I asked, and we rushed to the window to investigate the shape. Sure enough emerging from the entrance of the nest box was the puffed up silhouette of an owl head. Too dark for photos, but visual confirmation that the nest box is in fact being visited by a Boreal Owl. Yesterday morning while enjoying a cup of coffee, I glanced outside and to my surprise there it was, a small owl, half emerged from the box squinting from the morning sun and looking very content. It would appear the nest box is not just being visited, but at least one owl has now taken up residence.
A short video of yesterday's first glimpse of the owl can be viewed HERE.
Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x, ISO-1000 f/5.6 @ 1/200 sec.
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