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1. Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 02:33:55 JST Anime Wong

   • Anime Wong
   No owl last night.
   
   Instead, there was someone already in my spot. He was (is? why does it feel strange to say 'is' instead of 'was'... whatever) a photographer who dropped his keys or something. Of course, we're about 50 miles from the nearest major or even minor city, no moon, and it's 11pm, so it's pitch black out there, so he had flashlight. Might have scared away the owl. Kind of a shame, I bought a real tape recorder to get a high def recording. Maybe the owl will be back tonight.
   
   RT: https://poa.st/objects/66ff32f8-82e9-41f6-b868-c99a493c605d
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 02:33:54 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Elliptica If you want to get them nearby you can entice them, use a bucket trap to collect some field mice, put them in a large rubbermaid or something, leave them out. May take a while but patrolling owls will start to learn where the good eatin' is

   • Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 02:45:35 JST Anime Wong

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @WashedOutGundamPilot I could do that, but it's unnecessary. There are plenty of field mice, snakes, chipmunks, squirrels, and lizards of unusual size in the area. I've seen plenty of foxes before, so the area is pretty healthy with prey items.
     
     I've also seen plenty of owls there, but they were always Great horned or Burrowing owls. I had not heard a barn owl before, so I was unprepared for it's nightmarish call.
     
     In fact, I don't think I'll go to the spot tonight because I'm worried that I might have disturbed the area too much over the past week. Hopefully the owls returns and will surprise me (or I them) some other night.
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