Chetzemoka

Hedgehog! Brave bird haha

Cute isn't everything! I don't find the GHOs that populate my neighborhood particularly cute, but I still love them and get giddy when I hear them. I feel like VEO has some real "ancient witch/wizard" vibes working in its favor, unlike GHO which just reminds me of those old "Woodsy Owl" PSAs 😂

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodsy_Owl

I actually just gasped out loud as I was scrolling. That thing is amazing

Lmfao, just a nurse chiming in to say I appreciate the shit out of you. Pun intended

chimney cap owl in basement

Well now, there's something I'd never considered worrying about as a homeowner in New England that I am now going to check into 😱

Rama squirrel! This is one of my favorite religious stories. It's just so frickin adorable. But it's ok, owls. I think Lord Ram will understand that you gotta eat too.

🎵🎶There's an owl in a hole in the log on the floor of the forest over by me 🎶🎵

(Reference for anyone who doesn't know lol: https://youtu.be/uZztvSt4Cp0?feature=shared)

Oh man, there's a name I haven't heard in almost two decades. Back in the day when I was home shopping in Ohio, I had the misfortune of witnessing multiple Arbor Homes with basement floor joists 22" on center instead of 16. Funny how many of them had the identical hole in the first story floor in the identical spot right at the bottom of the stairs leading to the second story.

Well I really appreciate the effort you put into this. It's so much fun to read these posts and learn about owls I would never have known existed otherwise. Like, somehow I could always imagine like sparrows being this diverse, but it would never have occurred to me that owls are as well.

Yeah that camouflage is pretty amazing. And I've been really surprised how many of these owls you're posting are in the tropics?! My whole life, I thought of owls as cold weather birds for some reason.

Yes, Massachusetts. I have a dual fuel heat pump with natural gas backup installed in 2020, so it's a newer system. And I have one heat pump mini split in the least energy efficient, but most used room in my house (large, high ceilings, exterior walls on three sides, and a skylight).

The first couple of years I noticed when it got just below freezing, the central heat pump seemed to struggle to keep up. Then this year I replaced my windows and got new wall insulation in both of the main bedrooms and bathrooms (previous insulation was original from the 1960s and shredded to bits with huge gaps.)

After those improvements, I've been running my heat pump down to 20⁰F/-7⁰C so far without any issues at all. I'm excited to see how cold we can get and this system still keep up. I am still supplementing my one large room with the mini split, but that's mostly because all my plants are in here, so I keep this room warmer than 68⁰F/20⁰C.

😂😂

What a gorgeous creature