ONE SUMMER THIS GREAT HORNED  MAMA OWL DECIDED TO NEST ABOVE MY BEAUTY SHOP

 ALASKA BUSH CUTTERS. 

       I WATCHED THE EVENT UNFOLD THROUGH OUT THE SUMMER. ONE OF THE OWLETS DID NOT MAKE IT AS I SAW MAMA OWL CARRY IT AWAY, OF COURSE I STARTED CRYING. 

        PAPA OWL WOULD SIT IN THE HUGE PINE TREE ACROSS THE STREET AND WATCH FOR ANYTHING THAT MOVED TO BRING HOME FOR DINNER. 

   IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL HALF OF FAIRBANKS HEARD ABOUT THE ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EVENT AND SOON PEOPLE WERE BRINGING LAWN CHAIRS AND VIDEO CAMERAS.

  ONE MORNING I NOTICED MAMA & OWLET WERE GONE AND WAS SADDENED THAT THEY LEFT, BUT HAPPY TO KNOW THEY MUST BE TOGETHER.  LOOKING OVER TO WHERE PAPPA OWL NOTICED THE OWLET LAYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!!!  I GRABBED MY PHONE AND CALLED FISH & WILDLIFE {in  this case owl and wildlife}.  I HAD CONTACTED THEM PREVIOUSLY SO THEY WERE AWARE OF THE SITUATION.. 

      THE OWLET WAS RESCUED, TAGGED, AND BROUGHT TO TANANA LAKES AND RELEASED.  I WAS WORRIED THEY WOULDN'T FIND EACH OTHER BUT THE RANGER ASSURED ME THEY COULD HEAR EACH CALL AT 5 MILES AWAY.  I HOPE HE WAS RIGHT.. I ALSO PRAY THEY WERE FINALLY REUNITED..