A few early mornings back, our friends Lee and Delon were stumbling bleary-eyed around their kitchen, still arranging their cups of morning coffee. Something on top of the fridge caught Delon’s eye and she managed to splutter out “What’s that!?”
Lee followed her line of sight directly to…AN OWL! He was peacefully sleeping, perched on a popcorn machine on top of their refrigerator.
Their grown daughter, Jennifer, wise in the ways of wild birds-put on a pair of leather gloves, gathered up the little bird (Identifying it as a screech owl) and checked to make sure his wings weren’t clipped or broken. Lee and Delon told us the owl stayed calm and didn’t mind them stroking his very soft feathers. They built him a makeshift burrow from a cardboard box and set him outside. After a momentary perch, he flew off into their bamboo grove.
By the way, they still don’t know how he got in their house!
Screech Owl Comes to Visit
Jennifer to the Rescue