Great Grey Owl

Recently, this past week we saw a Great Grey Owl sitting on one of the trees. This is the provincial bird of Manitoba and apparently quite rare. This is not the first sighting of the Great Grey Owl on our property and we really didn't know how lucky we were until it was pointed out that they are not normally seen in this area by friends of ours. I asked if the beavers, racoons, squirrels, rabbits, piliated woodpeckers and such were also out of place. Apparently, not as rare as the owl. Slowly our guests are educating us on some of the fantatstic things about our home and our location. It never fails to amaze us how much we learn from our guests' knowledge and how willing they are to share it with us.