In the empty house in front of me, the owl couple came back and left, this is this spring, I originally wrote this little article, but never sent it.
That sorrowful autumn, in the middle of the night, I always had insomnia, and in a trance I seemed to hear a cooing sound, one after another, far and near, high and low, turned over, I thought it was in a dream. Early the next morning, the second chef hurriedly came in from outside: another owl had also returned! Are you sure? That's great! When I heard this, I couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that it was not a dream, it finally came back, back to find its other half, but a little later than usual.
In those days, my waist was offended, lying next to the window every day, trying to see their figures, only to see the dead leaves falling one after another, and suddenly sinking into the ground, but there was no trace of them, the back pain was slightly better, I went downstairs, wanted to find the two of them, the second chef said, they came back this time to change places, and chose to live in the empty house next door to Brother Zhang's house.
In the past, every time they came back, they lived in the empty house diagonally opposite my house, and every time we would take the binoculars that the second chef brought back from Russia to look closely, only to see standing on the edge of the nest on the roof, they showed affection from time to time, you comb my hair with my mouth, and my head on your head, sweet and a little crooked. Sometimes, they swagger out at dusk, shake the fur off their bodies, and hover in the air...... We can see a whole body, but it's too rare. This time I changed places, I don't know whose idea it was, could it be that the two of them, like humans, also want to improve the conditions and change to a big house? I don't know how the two of them negotiated and reached an agreement. I was afraid that my waist would be lost again, so I didn't dare to go over, so I asked the second chef to take a photo, and the second chef took two unclear photos with great strength, because the house was too high. It's a pity that even if I didn't take a clear photo, because my phone was broken, I couldn't find the photo of the two of them on the roof of that house.
The scientific name of the owl that came to live in the house near my house is the little owl with the longitudinal striped belly, which I found out with the second chef Baidu, and we worked hard to break our hearts for the sake of it. The small longitudinal belly owl is small in size, gray on the belly, brown on the back, flat on the top of the head, and has white spots on the body, they are agile, and they often shake off their shoulders vigorously before taking off, as if shaking off a body of dust, looking at them, I often fall into deep thought, I don't know where they come from and where they are going?
They have been encamped with us for years, not ten years, seven or eight years, and they come every autumn and leave in the spring. At first, they recognized life, and then slowly became familiar, occasionally out of the day will flash bright big eyes and we briefly look at each other, the second chef thought it was a friend, because one year, his twin brother went out with the army to work, and took the three children of the falcon eagle who were frightened and flew away home, the second chef is responsible for feeding, the second chef will chop the meat and feed it to them, as they grow up, more and more can eat, later, they can fly independently, the second chef brothers chose a day to release them. In this way, the second chef thought that owls could also eat meat, so he also cut the meat into small pieces and put it there, but the people were very disdainful, and for several days, he did not move at all, and did not give him any face.
The owl couple has one who comes back first every autumn, and at night I can always hear the owl that came back early calling another owl non-stop, cooing, and chirping, its cry is not as terrible as the legend, sometimes it sounds even gentle, once I asked the second chef, is the owl that comes back first every time male or female? He said that it should be male, because males have good physical strength, and when they come back, they build nests first, and I said no, it should be females, because females are tougher and more persistent. It's just that as soon as they come back, my sleep is even worse, because at night I can always hear them greeting each other, cooing, and it is difficult to fall asleep when I wake up.
The owl couple is very affectionate, every year back there will be a litter of little owls born, a year to see three little owls born, the most a year to see five little owls born, night falls, gray time, can see their husband and wife busy figure, just like humans, they are also busy raising their children, tired, fortunately they are not tired for a long time, they know how to let go, as long as they can fly, they will take the child to practice flying, catch food, this human beings should be like owls to learn.
During the three-year epidemic, the community was closed, and people lost their freedom of movement, but the couple still did not miss the appointment, or arrived as scheduled across the mountains and rivers, at that time, we were more eager than ever for the owl to arrive, watching the two of them fly freely in the sky, looking forward to the day when they would also have such a day, walking freely in the sun.
Especially in the last year of the epidemic, we brought Xiao Satisfaction to our house, and wanted her to play for two days and send it back, who would have thought, the sudden closure of the hospital, Xiao Satisfaction was forced to separate from her mother and stayed in our house, that was the first time that Xiao Satisfaction left her mother for so long, more than two months, we were on fire, and the child was also on fire, we agreed to hand over somewhere, send the child out, and no one dared to open this green light when looking for someone in many ways, and finally gave up the hope of reuniting the child with his mother, remembering that darkest moment and now can not let go.
During that time, the owl couple happened to be here, and the second chef almost every day stood at a high place in the yard of the house with Xiao Satisfaction looking for traces of the owl, and the owl couple did not go far, often standing on the high roof looking down on them, cooing, at this time, Xiao Satisfaction would laugh happily and shout to me: Come quickly, don't come again, they will leave! Whatever I'm doing, I'm sure I'll come over and have fun so as not to disappoint my children.
I remember that at that time, the second chef and Xiao Satisfaction also had a fun, that is, to learn the call of the owl, the call of the owl is not like the book said that there is only one call, it is the same as the human voice, there are sharp, gentle, thick, thin, we hear the owl's cry in addition to the cooing, there is also a hoarse call, the little satisfaction imitates the sound of the owl's cooing is vivid, coo, coo...... The screams and laughter made the children under the epidemic smile on their faces, and the depressed mood of adults was relieved and released. Until the end of the epidemic, Satisfaction returned to her home, and this cry became her repertoire, and this unforgettable day will definitely become a memory that Xiao Satisfaction will never forget when she grows up.
In the first year after the end of the epidemic, the owl couple came again, gave birth to a litter of children, more than one, every day watching them run around to feed the cubs, we expected to count how many little owls were every day, but could not do so, but one night, around 12 o'clock, I heard a voice calling, coo, black rumbling outside, I didn't dare to open the curtains to look, wanted to go to the next room to call the second kitchen, I didn't think, he also heard the call, ran out, and photographed the owl's child who landed next to the railingI named it Luozi, and this is the only picture left by the owl family so far.
Over the years, we have a special affection for their family, they are like our relatives, coming and going, walking and coming, watching them build nests here and have children, and watching them from youth to prime, year after year, like seeing themselves walking in the years.
This year they came and went again...... Thanks to fate for letting us meet, I don't know how long this fate will last, no matter how long, we will cherish every meeting, with gratitude to reminisce about the warm moments they brought us.
Heaven and earth are reincarnated, and all things are endless. Human beings will eventually realize that we are never the masters of all things, we are just a member of nature, reverence for all life, live in harmony with them, share the joy of sunshine, the moisture of rain and dew, we can usher in the beauty of universal jubilation.
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Owl child landing next to the railing
Owl child landing next to the railing
Comparison photos found on the Internet
Comparison photos found on the Internet