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Backyard wildlife watchers Dick and Jane Petri are following barred owls raising chicks mere yards from their deck.
Lee’s Summit, Mo. – You might call this the big bird show for Dick and Jane Petri, ardent backyard wildlife watchers. Barred owls are raising at least two chicks in a nest that is mere yards from their deck. The owls don’t seem to mind onlookers, and the Petri’s find their gaze often trained on the nest high in a hollow dead limb on a large cottonwood tree.
One evening they watched the male and female owl chase marauding crows away from the nest.
“It’s really something to see,” Jane Petri said. “This is fun. We waste a lot of time out here watching.”
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Bill Graham
Backyard wildlife watchers Dick and Jane Petri are following barred owls raising chicks mere yards from their deck.
Lee’s Summit, Mo. – You might call this the big bird show for Dick and Jane Petri, ardent backyard wildlife watchers. Barred owls are raising at least two chicks in a nest that is mere yards from their deck. The owls don’t seem to mind onlookers, and the Petri’s find their gaze often trained on the nest high in a hollow dead limb on a large cottonwood tree.
One evening they watched the male and female owl chase marauding crows away from the nest.
“It’s really something to see,” Jane Petri said. “This is fun. We waste a lot of time out here watching.”
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Missourians care about conserving forests, fish and wildlife.
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