-->>>>>>> Next Section <<<<<<< Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Greetings: It must be a wet Saturday on Hawk Mountain. We live in the woods. No grass. No domesticated plants outside. Just trees at the windows. When we returned last night at about 8:00 pm a Barred Owl sat on a dogwood branch, a few feet from the kitchen window. The feeders outside the window have created a rather thick layer of niger and sunflower hulls and seeds on the ground. So its a mousey place. Just inside the window a 9 year old African Gray Parrot and a Cockatiel set. The barred Owls are looking for significant others this time of year, but while the parrot is beautiful and the cockatiels dainty beauty is attractive, I think the owls appetite was just for a fat mouse. Jack