10:30 the other night, I go out in my yard and there’s the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree! I say “What are you looking for?” And he says “I’m looking for my burrow owl!”
Jumpin’ Jesus on a pogo stick! Everybody knows the burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground! Why the h*ll do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway!?
You’re not like the other people in the trailer park…
But for everyone else! Here is your periodic reminder than Burrowing Owls are at least as good at flying as any other owl, and they do enjoy being in trees. Though largely diurnal and/or crepuscular, so still likely not out at 10:30PM as in the song, they can regularly be found in the boughs throughout most of the rest of the day.
That burrow owl is a DAREDEVIL! I hope he/she has enough sense not to stick it head out of the “Mixer”
But thats cool, I know very little about them other than the song. Never seen one in real life, but thats prolly because they are camouflagey and no where near where I live.
Great horns, Barred, Screech, Barn are pretty common if your outdoorsy here in the Northeast/Mid
I’ve been to a few places that had them, but the only one I ever caught out of its burrow was at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, and he looked very mad I caught him! It gave me such a dirty look.
I wanted to go see them in Florida when I was there in the fall, but I ran out of time, it was pretty far from where we were. Next time…
Shit I spent a month in the woods in FLA and never saw one. Wild boar, deer, coyotes, gators, osprey, and a few great horned/barn owls. No burrows :(
We did hear a Panther one night, it was scoping out our camp. They cry like a human baby its creepy AF at 0300 in the middle of the night in Ocala state forest.
I wanted to go to Cape Coral to see them. They’re readily accessible to see, and they have maps of the burrows. I hear the public library is the best place to go. The city seems to take great pride in them and do a lot to keep them safe and undisturbed.
I see some photos that a portion of the Florida burrowing owls have different eyes than ones anywhere else. They are also the mascot of Florida Atlantic University, though they are trying to evict a burrow to expand the dorms, which seems a bit hypocritical…
There’s some cool looking stuff there! I will have to keep this in mind. Thanks!
Most online talk I see about Cape Coral is somewhere in between meh and suburban dystopia, so it doesn’t sound like it has much to offer other than the owls. This is why I didnt drag my wife the 3 hours there from Tampa where we were staying. We stuck to the Tampa ZooQuarium instead. They had some owls, no burrowing though.
And Tampa is a nice area, I lived in Sarasota for a bit. I wouldn’t waste 6 hours unless on a charter boat fishing!
And they have so many adventures, they used to have was a urban camping adventure. I doubt they still have it how insane the drugs have gotten.
I did a hybrid hiking and canoeing. I’ll have to dig out my journal I know the mileage was insane but we were all about 15-17 years old. I think I was the oldest. So no pain in the mornings, not like now lol
If I did it again, and I will I would do the desert or snowshoe. Something completely foreign to me.
10:30 the other night, I go out in my yard and there’s the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree! I say “What are you looking for?” And he says “I’m looking for my burrow owl!”
Jumpin’ Jesus on a pogo stick! Everybody knows the burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground! Why the h*ll do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway!?
I like you Stuart.
You’re not like the other people in the trailer park…
But for everyone else! Here is your periodic reminder than Burrowing Owls are at least as good at flying as any other owl, and they do enjoy being in trees. Though largely diurnal and/or crepuscular, so still likely not out at 10:30PM as in the song, they can regularly be found in the boughs throughout most of the rest of the day.
Now I’m listening to all the Dead Milkmen albums I have. Filet of Soul baby!
It was always urban legend that one of them went to my high school, and he was the only close to famous person to ever come out of our school…
Ah, here we go, verified. The drummer.
Wicked! I went to the same HS as Joe Perry and the band Extreme. As an old school punker your story is far cooler.
That is pretty cool too!
That burrow owl is a DAREDEVIL! I hope he/she has enough sense not to stick it head out of the “Mixer”
But thats cool, I know very little about them other than the song. Never seen one in real life, but thats prolly because they are camouflagey and no where near where I live.
Great horns, Barred, Screech, Barn are pretty common if your outdoorsy here in the Northeast/Mid
I’ve been to a few places that had them, but the only one I ever caught out of its burrow was at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, and he looked very mad I caught him! It gave me such a dirty look.
I wanted to go see them in Florida when I was there in the fall, but I ran out of time, it was pretty far from where we were. Next time…
Shit I spent a month in the woods in FLA and never saw one. Wild boar, deer, coyotes, gators, osprey, and a few great horned/barn owls. No burrows :(
We did hear a Panther one night, it was scoping out our camp. They cry like a human baby its creepy AF at 0300 in the middle of the night in Ocala state forest.
Other than that I loved that trip.
Ooo that sounds like a good adventure!
I wanted to go to Cape Coral to see them. They’re readily accessible to see, and they have maps of the burrows. I hear the public library is the best place to go. The city seems to take great pride in them and do a lot to keep them safe and undisturbed.
I see some photos that a portion of the Florida burrowing owls have different eyes than ones anywhere else. They are also the mascot of Florida Atlantic University, though they are trying to evict a burrow to expand the dorms, which seems a bit hypocritical…
Check out “Outward Bound” they have adventures like this for all ages and all over the world. You won’t regret it!
Cape Coral, I think I’ve been there when I was a young kid. Of course you never appreciate that until you get older, youth is wasted on the young…
I was planning a road trip, listening to Stuart, seeing a burrow owl while sucking down a cold Coors light (barf) might be my old man trifecta!
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But seriously look into Outward Bound, they have 3 day courses out to 6 months. I did a 30 day in Florida. We had Thanksgiving in the woods :)
Oooo…dogsledding adventure! 😄
There’s some cool looking stuff there! I will have to keep this in mind. Thanks!
Most online talk I see about Cape Coral is somewhere in between meh and suburban dystopia, so it doesn’t sound like it has much to offer other than the owls. This is why I didnt drag my wife the 3 hours there from Tampa where we were staying. We stuck to the Tampa ZooQuarium instead. They had some owls, no burrowing though.
And Tampa is a nice area, I lived in Sarasota for a bit. I wouldn’t waste 6 hours unless on a charter boat fishing!
And they have so many adventures, they used to have was a urban camping adventure. I doubt they still have it how insane the drugs have gotten.
I did a hybrid hiking and canoeing. I’ll have to dig out my journal I know the mileage was insane but we were all about 15-17 years old. I think I was the oldest. So no pain in the mornings, not like now lol
If I did it again, and I will I would do the desert or snowshoe. Something completely foreign to me.
Dog sledding does sound pretty amazing too :)