Monday, February 26, 2007

Evan and Christy's Visit

So FINALLY some of our friends came and saw us last week (the rest of you are deadbeats!!). I've already posted our Chinese New Year pics, but we also went cross country skiing and to the Vancouver aquarium. Here are a few pictures from then :)





We saw the little owl outside a coffee shop in Horseshoe Bay while Evan and Christy were waiting for the ferry. He was so tame (until Evan tried to pet him). We were standing probably two feet from him! Mom, Kat - any ideas on what he is?
Sarah
P.S. More pics to come from the aquarium.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey you have my attention for this little guy, my book doesn't have his pic in it. i think of him as a barn owl.

love mom

SophistiKat said...

Looked him up online, as I don't have any books for Western NA birds, and I'm going with a Northern Pygmy-Owl. I'm surprised you saw him where you did, as they're mainly a forest scrub dweller, but apparently are active during the day. That's pretty damn awesome!

Here's the website if you're curious:

http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Glaucidium&species=californicum

SophistiKat said...

Let's try that again:

http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=
Glaucidium&species=californicum