#backyard owl

[raggednorth]

Saw this beauty in my yard the other night when I took my dog out.

[asterwild]

Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

[ostdrossel]

It's a true November day today, rainy and dark. As a Gemini, I thrive on light and air, so I can use some extra serotonines now. Baked goods with cinnamon help, and chocolate too, but so does nature! There have been some visitors to the tree cam, with a special one last night 🦉Sending love out to you all.

[proton-wobbler]

Backyard Bird-Off - US edition (poll 2)

Reasons for Submission

Acorn Woodpecker: I have seen it in my backyard SO many times there are probably 100 of them in my backyard and they peck holes in my home (but i still love them)

Purple Finch: I just think they’re really pretty and the few times I saw them I got really excited

Red-breasted Nuthatch: Iconic eyeliner. Cute and secretive. Climbs upside down on branches. Nyeep Nyeep Nyeep Nyeep.

Eastern Screech-owl: Lovely bird, wonderful morphs. I want to be one.

Image Sources: (Purple Finch) Paul Fenwick; (Red-breasted Nuthatch) Kyle Tansley; (Eastern Screech-owl) Jack Starret; (Acorn Woodpecker) Jack Parlapiano

[introvertedswimmer]

Gray-cheeked Thrush

[batz]

i take my cat outside bc she Loves to lay in the sun but then she acts so Rude for the rest of the day. she keeps screaming at the door like NO its dark And chilly outside rn. even with a lead and harness you WILL be eaten by owls or coyotes,or a slenderman, even

[eomer]

i love how i can just sit in my backyard and watch a nature documentary unfold there. yesterday there were american robin parents feeding their fledgling, a mourning dove building its nest, a california quail hanging out on the fence, a chickadee checking one of the yard trees out. then it all gets disrupted by a sudden falcon. all in the span of at least 20 minutes.

[peachypizzicato]

i just think the little guy deserves to be cradled and sung to sleep and kissed on the forehead

[shutinlear53]

whenever I feel sad about not being able to pet stray cats, I'm cheered up by the fact that random birds tend to like me

[roarpilot]

Friendly neighbourhood owl❤️

[keydekyie]

every day I wake up and thank the sun, moon, and stars that I don't have to live with an HOA

[stardust-in-my-mind-blog]

dialogue of birds

a few days ago I was nibbled by a determined swan

I watched a red winged black bird attack the same day

not me, luckily

last night I watched as thirteen ravens

flew over my head to lurk for the night

in a tree just beyond my yard

my friend, the cardinal, visits and sings to me

my warden, a blue jay, bright corvid

appears in the juniper when my confusion aches

today there was an owl outside my window

watching me and the morning with wise eyes

I wonder what it all means

I asked you in the silence but

as usual you did not answer

just gave me a feeling, a knowing

that I can neither translate nor accept

the empress doesn't chase or follow

she draws and receives and tells me

this is the archetype I am meant to embody

the fates have tied my hands behind my back

in cords of thorns and red thread

and roses of yellow and the pink dawn

the shadow of those ravens

the white bloom of thirteen irises

the songs the universe plays to me

to keep me in a state of patience and temperance

I know how to keep one foot on warm earth

one ankle in the cool current of flowing water

do you know how long my heart has been inflamed?

sometimes I fear what would happen

if our eyes met in a dark room

would you see everything?

I always thought others could see through

everything elusive like I always did

illusions don't register in my pysche

unless I blind myself into delusion

but still I touch each and every synchronicity

give it to the subtle flames of my soul

she'll sew them together until I see

the golden connection of my universal designer

I take a small step each day

draw a character or write a poem

scribe a message from angels

I touch the barrier with curiosity

it is warm under my fingertips

vibrating in magenta frequency

under my palm

I'm nearly there and it excites me

but I'm still here which frustrates me

I wonder how I'll feel when this

chronic foreshadowing leads to my destiny

I wonder how I'll feel when I know

and even trust my inner truth

[mmikmmik2]

I believe Philip drew a design of the portal door with the eye in his diary, not as an original design, but copying down what he knew about someone else's door in preparation to attempt to replicate it. I don't believe he ever succeeded and I definitely don't think the portal door has any connection to him prior to him acquiring it in Young Blood Old Souls. (I'm not sure whether or not this is already a common belief in Owl House fandom, but I've seen at least one post that suggested otherwise, so I'll make this post.)

I'm pretty shaky on the lore of this series (which already leaves a lot ambiguous or unresolved), so I might be forgetting some big evidence for or against this claim, but here's my reasoning.

The door's eye is strongly implied to be associated with the Titan somehow, or possibly even literally the Titan's eye. I believe it is unlikely that the eye would have been intact and acquirable hundreds or thousands of years after the Titan's “death”.

The door, imo, doesn't fit any of Belos's aesthetics. It's less sleek and grandiose than his present day inventions, but more polished and decorated than his jury-rigged gear from when he was just starting out as Belos.

Belos didn't insist on taking the key from Luz in Young Blood, Old Souls. She uses the key to summon the briefcase and then tucks it back under her clothes while Belos is facing away from her. Then he turns towards her, she hands him just the briefcase, and he accepts it and lets her go. Why would he have let her leave with an absolutely essential component of the portal, one that's all but impossible to replace, if he actually understood how it worked?

The key blueprints at the start of Eclipse Lake look fresh and modern. There are geometrically precise exploded-view diagrams of pieces and it's printed on literal blue blueprint paper. They're sitting right next to a book about Grimwalkers, which has yellowed pages and appears to be handwritten. This contrast suggests Belos kept and still uses very old books, but his key designs are brand new. I don't think he realized he needed a special key to power the door until he'd gotten a good look at the portal door for the first time.

What possible circumstances could have led to Belos successfully constructing a working portal to the human world that could be used infinite times, then the door being buried on Clawthorne property?

I also checked the paintings from Hollow Mind. There's a shot of Philip watching Caleb follow Evelyn through a stone archway portal (it has an extremely different design compared to the archway in Thanks to Them), and a shot of the repaired portal in the present day. That's all. So, that's not strong evidence one way or the other.

I believe the portal door with the eye belonged to Evelyn. (I would furthermore guess that she discovered/inherited the door with the eye and didn't make it herself, but she did make the stone archway in the graveyard so she and her bf would both easily be able to reach other while they lived in different realms. But that’s more of a headcanon for fun than a Srs Theory.) She buried it on her family's property, near the other portal, when she decided she never wanted to return to the human realm. Philip wouldn't attribute the door to Evelyn in his diary because he hates her and because it would be creating evidence linking him to a murder and an attempted murder.

[clamorybus]

damn the owls are going crazy tonight

[everydaym0nstrosity]

A Barred Owl in my backyard, photo taken by me.

[splatoonkirby]

BIRDS