This Post is For My Granddaughter Ruth Who Loves Owls

On January 1^st, 2020 (not only the first day of a new decade, but what feels like a date from a science fiction novel,) Bob and I spent the afternoon on Honeymoon Island State Park. (We also were there the next day, but that will be another post.)

Being at Honeymoon Island State Park was very appropriate on January 1st because on January 3rd, we celebrated our 38^th wedding anniversary (all our family celebrations start at least a week early).  

(FYI, the reason I married Bob was because he had been to Yellowstone and helped me plan a trip - and clearly we still love to travel.)  

Anyway, on the Honeymoon Island Nature Trail we saw not just one, but TWO great horned owls! Which was very exciting because our granddaughter Ruth LOVES owls!

We saw the mother sitting on her nest and the father directly above us in a tree. Which made it hard to take his picture because of the weird angle, and also felt a little dangerous standing right beneath him (if you know what I mean.)

The nest was pretty far away so the mother isn't clear...

But the father was very close...

We also saw two bald eagles watching over their nest (the photo only shows one)

And more ospreys than we could count

 Including this one eating a fish

But... TWO great horned owls! 

(Regarding what I said at the beginning about science fiction future, for some reason the year 2020 feels much weirder than the years 1984, or Y2K, or even 2001 did. Anyone else feel this way?)