Post #233464 by TampaTiki on Tue, May 23, 2006 12:08 AM

Has anyone else had owls come and watch them carve their tikis? 3 nights out of the last 4 that I was out carving, in two locations, screech owls came out and landed on some of the finished, or nearly finished tikis we have standing around our work sapces.

I have not lived in my house long enough to know if they were common before but I know that last year I didn't see any...and my friend has never seen owls close up in his yard in 40 years of living in the same house.

Tonight, one came down and landed on an old palm trunk that is still in the ground. A few minutes later a baby came over and the first flew off to get it some food several times leaving the baby only about 10 feet away on the post. Last week, one landed on a tiki that I wasn't working on and stayed there as I chipped away for another hour...including walking right past it, within 2 feet, to go get an ice cold refreshing can of PBR...

Is this common for any one else?

Thanks from Tampa!