Fleur-de-lis and Broken Keys

[LUC Kappa]

wow my chapter does the same thing calle hoots, salutes and toots lol. hoots would be a good thing and a toot would be a bad thing.

Fleur-de-lis: to chicago finally getting some nice weather HOOT HOOT
Broken key: for having a really hard time with my organic chemistry (pray for me)

[MSKKG]

Fleur-de-lis and Broken Key: I was elected AA President, but I had to give up HB and AB. It's all good though!

[TrueBlueKappa]

Fleur-de-lis: Only 6 more days of school with the students! Soon I will no longer be a first-year teacher.

Broken key: I have to have my room completely packed up 7 school days from now because I am moving down the hall. And I am leaving school early that day to hop on a plane. Stress!

[alum]

F.D.L. I actually saw an owl tonight!!!!! I have never seen a live one except in the zoo or as part of a wildlife presentation.

Broken Keys (not quite): I almost hit it as it flew past my windshield.

I live in true suburbia near a major city. I was driving my 7th-grader home from Boy Scouts around 7 pm. It was still bright out, not nearly dusk. We were near our racquet club on a residential street and a big, fat bird with soft-looking brown, tan and white feathers flew VERY LOW across the street.

My son and I discussed this bird the rest of the way home. Definitely predator size, body wasn't streamlined enough to be a hawk or eagle. The feathers looked mottled as are an owl's. My Boy Scout says barn owl. He's probably correct but I am thinking G.H. If it was a barn, it was a VERY big one.

[MSKKG]

There are owls all around where I live, and we hear them all the time at night. When we 1st moved in 22 years ago, we saw a baby owl on top of a stack of firewood in our yard. He would flap his wings like he was practicing what to do when he started flying. If he fell off the stack, he would use his beak and claws to climb back up. His mom was hovering around, making sure her baby was OK. We figured he fell out of the nest. He was white, but the mom was brown.

A few months ago, I saw one in the trees around our house. I did take pictures but wish I had had a better camera. I couldn't get too close because he would fly away, and my zoom only worked to a point. We had taken pictures of the baby owl, too--we were able to get a little closer because he couldn't fly away, but we were careful not to be a threat to the mom!

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by alum

I live in true suburbia near a major city. I was driving my 7th-grader home from Boy Scouts around 7 pm. It was still bright out, not nearly dusk. We were near our racquet club on a residential street and a big, fat bird with soft-looking brown, tan and white feathers flew VERY LOW across the street.

My son and I discussed this bird the rest of the way home. Definitely predator size, body wasn't streamlined enough to be a hawk or eagle. The feathers looked mottled as are an owl's. My Boy Scout says barn owl. He's probably correct but I am thinking G.H. If it was a barn, it was a VERY big one.

My husband likes to tell the story of how a Great Horned Owl nested in their barn. One day he (or his grandpa, I can never remember) startled it and it swooped and flew out the front -- the tips if its wings brushing the edges of the door as it went out. The door is easily 8-10' wide!

We hear them occasionally in our neighborhood (they keep the pigeons to a minimum, thank goodness) but I don't think I've ever seen one.

[TrueBlueKappa]

Fleur-de-lis: I'm now an advisor! I'm excited to become more involved as an alumna. I will also be helping with the 1st day of recruitment at UCF tomorrow.

Broken key: School starts back for us on Wednesday and the kids come back next Monday. I wish the summer would last forever! I certainly have enjoyed not hearing that alarm clock go off at 5am.