A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life... - ThreadSky

nanbarra.bsky.social•185 days ago

I could not love this more.

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cbluesdc.bsky.social•185 days ago

I saw this on the news last night- too cool.

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antitractionist.bsky.social•185 days ago

a dire omen

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bonfiremedia.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owls are often regarded as messengers from the spiritual world. Their presence can serve as a powerful sign that you are being guided or watched over. In many spiritual traditions, seeing an owl is a reminder to pay attention to your inner wisdom.

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wiccafenian.bsky.social•185 days ago

My inner wisdom would be telling me to remove anything breakable and open the window 😂

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hwireko.bsky.social•184 days ago

house is clearly haunted, i'd have to move out

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widowbird17.bsky.social•185 days ago

Why doesn't stuff like this ever happen to me?

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

It does yours is next year

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kellyt64.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owls are awesome 🦉 ❤️

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terpsichorecmlos.bsky.social•185 days ago

🩷🩷🩷🩷

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blonde62.bsky.social•185 days ago

OMG I WOULD BE TERRIFIED! JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL

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richwanket.bsky.social•185 days ago

It’s his tree now.

That’s the law.

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detroitbreakdown.bsky.social•185 days ago

Looks fake

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blabalino.com•185 days ago

Ok, if any owl was going to fly down my chimney I would want it to be one of these. In the part of Washington State where I live they are actually common but almost nobody knows about them since they are so tiny. Between the size of a sparrow and a robin, pigmy owls are SO cute (on a tiny branch):

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blabalino.com•185 days ago

Oops, this is a video of a Northern Pigmy Owl like the ones around my house...
https://youtu.be/Z_dM79fxq2M?si=pJpoKXQwpvHWLWq0

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blabalino.com•185 days ago

If you think a pigmy owl is cute, wait until you see a baby pigmy owl: https://youtu.be/RxA-UNjyO-E?si=rQ9xdRmdSPykPFoz

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ericcarroll.bsky.social•185 days ago

Burrowing owl!

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blabalino.com•184 days ago

I've been trying to find a video of northern pigmy owls hopping around on the ground catching bugs since it's unbearably cute but can't find any. They fly away at any small sound. I have these tiny owls all over my property since I can hear their unique cries but they are almost impossible to see.

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ms3scrint.bsky.social•185 days ago

STUART!!!

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primordial.bsky.social•185 days ago

Excuse me oh my God? 💖

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happyjoker1.bsky.social•185 days ago

That pygmy owl be so good perched atop an Xmas tree!

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blabalino.com•185 days ago

I have lots of big cedars around my house and it's almost impossible to see one in there. The cedar frond hanging next to it is not as long as your hand. I'm not sure you would see the little guy up there. I mostly see them when they land on the ground and hop around to catch bugs.

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katsliberalmind.bsky.social•185 days ago

Oh how cute. I want one.

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giselefd.bsky.social•185 days ago

Adorable.

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creolelady89.bsky.social•185 days ago

They brought one named Bill to my class in elementary or middle school. I fell in love, obviously seeing I still remember his name and all 🤣

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blabalino.com•185 days ago

Wait, an owl flew down their chimney? Dang does this mean Harry Potter was a true story?

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Could be probably

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gp70.bsky.social•185 days ago

It was asserting dominance. It is his house now.

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cbbeme.bsky.social•185 days ago

Something is a fowl here.

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cbbeme.bsky.social•185 days ago

You took my home and messed it up. You FA’d and now you FO.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Ouch

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which-witch-ru.bsky.social•185 days ago

A queen knows her place 🤷🏼‍♀️

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chiefs-49ers.bsky.social•185 days ago

Why Santa, what large eyes you have

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crownedcounselor.bsky.social•185 days ago

Standing on Business defined!

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douglips.com•185 days ago

@coolfacejane.bsky.social I'm sorry I just can't stop @'ing you for owls.

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brianhiestand.bsky.social•185 days ago

10 / 10 would feed.

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wonderdogabides.bsky.social•185 days ago

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mathetria.bsky.social•185 days ago

The indigenous part of me is freaking out (and not in a good way).... The other part is vastly amused.

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empressdlion.bsky.social•183 days ago

First thought.

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otakuman.bsky.social•185 days ago

I am curious: what about the owl is making the indigenous part of you freak out?

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mathetria.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owl (in daytime at least) is a bad omen for my people, according to my grandpa. (Miami-Peoria)

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luminousbluesphere.bsky.social•185 days ago

My mother had told me similar things about owls, but owls bring me so much joy as they're beautiful and fascinating creatures.

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mathetria.bsky.social•185 days ago

I don't dislike them, just in their place. Ha. Not sure that's on a Christmas tree! Although I do always put a (fake) dove on the top of mine.

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otakuman.bsky.social•185 days ago

So an owl coming down the chimney and perching itself on top of the Christmas so it is for sure going to be the first thing you see when you wake up in the morning would mean something SERIOUSLY bad is gonna happen?

Whoa…

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mathetria.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yup. They're messengers. Something THAT unexpected, for sure. Hearing one in a tree outside your window at night is just...an owl hooting. Context was all. :-D

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jaimi.bsky.social•185 days ago

So…technically…it’s an Angel — which just means Divine Messenger — and they do start off by saying “Fear not!” 🤔

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judeguy.bsky.social•185 days ago

I grew up on a reservation, and it was the same. People would freak out if an owl showed up, because it meant that someone was going to die. One of the elders, though, told me that people were getting it wrong, and that the owl was a messenger that someone HAD died and had been carried across.

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cultureshockart.bsky.social•185 days ago

Thank you for this clarification because I have an owl that visits my yard and was torn between it being a good sign or a bad omen.

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mathetria.bsky.social•185 days ago

Only when it’s where you wouldn’t expect in daytime.

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okoyessmile.bsky.social•185 days ago

Good point. I hadn’t even considered they’re supposed to be nocturnal.

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adveniatregnumtuum.bsky.social•185 days ago

Oh that's interesting, I have a relative who had an owl come stare at her at the window right after her mum's passing and she took it as a sign, so that would make sense!

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ibetrying.bsky.social•185 days ago

Thanks for sharing!! I learned on twitter it was a bad omen in a lot of diff tribes. This picture of the owl on the tree is creepy af too with the dark eyes.

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dawnyriver.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yes. It can also mean that a person that passed is showing themselves to you. I don’t look at it as a bad omen at all.

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mathetria.bsky.social•185 days ago

I expect different nations had different traditions.

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otakuman.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wow! Thank you both for sharing.

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freebo.bsky.social•185 days ago

I heard about this from the show Reservation Dogs. They even pixelate the eyes anytime an owl appears on the show, because looking at the eyes was extremely bad luck.

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everydaystacie.bsky.social•185 days ago

This checks. An owl visited my uncle right after my mom died. We thought it was significant because she loved owls.

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briansantacruz.bsky.social•185 days ago

certainly does seem like an omen of sort sort

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partyglouberman.bsky.social•185 days ago

Its his house now

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alsedes.bsky.social•185 days ago

This feels like a message from nature...

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mihlia.bsky.social•185 days ago

Very funny haha, but… where is it pooping?

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doubleocookie.bsky.social•185 days ago

Probably outside. I don't think they crap their own nest.

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1by0.bsky.social•185 days ago

I don't know about that, but wait till the homeowners find their first owl pellets, which owls definitely "produce" near their roosts and nests.

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dawnruhnaybrown.bsky.social•185 days ago

Does he have a letter? 🤔

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zabroglexis.bsky.social•185 days ago

A Solstice miracle. XD

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susi-blue.bsky.social•185 days ago

A+ timing in my feed. 👍

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gert001badger.bsky.social•185 days ago

It's very cute

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rosiereb.bsky.social•185 days ago

Love it!! ❤️😂

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mnrebel.bsky.social•185 days ago

I love it and wish I had one!

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aflagirl.bsky.social•185 days ago

How cool is that.

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berkeleyeve.bsky.social•185 days ago

omens

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evilmedicalschool.bsky.social•185 days ago

La Lechuza is going to destroy Christmas!

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sghendricks.bsky.social•184 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vxGxuB31yo

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jasminediaz.bsky.social•185 days ago

At this point, it's his apartment 🙅🏾‍♀️

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paperdragon77.bsky.social•185 days ago

"I'm not in here with you. You're in here with me."

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fishr312.bsky.social•185 days ago

Beautiful owl and what a wonderful and appropriate tree topper! I love it!

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aminahhughes.bsky.social•184 days ago

Rightly so 🦉

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worstmom.bsky.social•185 days ago

I'd rather have the owl!

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jnlangston.bsky.social•185 days ago

Ushering in the year of the witch

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shredybettymtb.bsky.social•185 days ago

He must now remain there forever, thems the rules…

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evan-r274.bsky.social•185 days ago

When I saw this I opened pic up a little and it looked real. I thought may a stuffed owl.
But then further down in my feed I saw the video. WOW.
A real owl flew into a home, they had the door open but it hadn’t left yet and it really was a live owl sitting on the Christmas Tree!

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bibivirtue.bsky.social•185 days ago

This didn't even happen to me & I want to be sick.

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4thwallguide.bsky.social•185 days ago

There will be signs.

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lykos-phi.bsky.social•184 days ago

Siiilent night, Owwwwwly night....

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1hopeeternal.bsky.social•185 days ago

I saw this on tik tok. What an amazing experience!

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layer4down.bsky.social•185 days ago

Sounds like a Leon Tusk move.

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campwalker.bsky.social•185 days ago

Some kind of omen!

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fakekraid.bsky.social•185 days ago

Is this an omen? I think this is an omen. Can someone verify?

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warhorse1.bsky.social•185 days ago

I hope they know how blessed they are.

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antifa-vegeta.bsky.social•185 days ago

The 🦉 is the 🐐

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pissedoffarmyvet.bsky.social•185 days ago

Can this be ordered on Amazon prime?😭😭😭

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Umm gonna think of that

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maddie-says.bsky.social•185 days ago

I am digging the "This my tree now" attitude from that owl. Respect!

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea absolutely

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hellishchildren.bsky.social•185 days ago

Here for the holiday warmth and cheer.

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judysstoa.bsky.social•185 days ago

Whoo Whoo

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xhy720.bsky.social•185 days ago

"Look into my eyes...I'M the star now."

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ejfrompa.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wow

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Incredible

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sawbuzz.bsky.social•185 days ago

Cool.

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hkfinan.bsky.social•185 days ago

Trying to decide if this is better or worse than the colony of bees that flew down the chimney the first few weeks of the pandemic 😳

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yoursinegritude.bsky.social•185 days ago

How did you resolve that?

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hkfinan.bsky.social•185 days ago

Sealed up the fireplace opening in the house (could hear the buzzing but they never came in), called a bee collector and the vacuumed out the colony and relocated them. They collected a small amount of honeycomb. They screened over the chimney tops to prevent a recurrence.

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morselya.bsky.social•185 days ago

Calling my friend @halftongue.bsky.social to see this.

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halftongue.bsky.social•185 days ago

That's amazing.

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morselya.bsky.social•185 days ago

Oooh, I'm glad you like it!

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awatayama.bsky.social•185 days ago

Obviously a win-win.

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coresister.bsky.social•185 days ago

Good for him. Hope he stays there for as long as makes him happy.

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elizabethbayles.bsky.social•185 days ago

That would have totally freaked me out. But owls scare me anyway.

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decmusicology.bsky.social•185 days ago

WHO COOKS FOR YOU

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katatdisney.com•185 days ago

Good luck at Hogwarts

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k3mistryp.bsky.social•185 days ago

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varricschesthair.bsky.social•185 days ago

You win the internet today 😂

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shosho63.bsky.social•185 days ago

I saw this story. I thought what are the chances he would want to stay until after Christmas? 😂

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misslisa308.bsky.social•185 days ago

That is so adorable (and probably a little scary). Amazing pictures. I love owls.

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lb1025.bsky.social•185 days ago

Beautiful 🤩

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea

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mixxie44.bsky.social•185 days ago

This is the best thing that has happened in years

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea astonishing

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itizshe.bsky.social•185 days ago

Serious main character https://syndrome.lol

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giamonroe.bsky.social•184 days ago

I love her. ♥️🦉

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angel415.bsky.social•185 days ago

That Owl’s tree is LIT

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danielpalanza2.bsky.social•185 days ago

It’s cold outside.

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rachelfunkydiva.bsky.social•184 days ago

That family will never have a cooler Christmas tree than this.

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hugehammers.bsky.social•185 days ago

Ahhh Jared has arrived!!

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deb412.bsky.social•185 days ago

He’s much prettier than a star

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vivalanettie.bsky.social•185 days ago

I would die…on the spot…Take the house! It’s his now!

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gerriesummersink.bsky.social•185 days ago

Oh, no. Owls freak me out. Their heads spin around like they're possessed.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Why

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ruthnineke.bsky.social•185 days ago

Exactly. Like I'm moving out ASAP.

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frommyheart.bsky.social•185 days ago

No pictures would exist if this was my house cause I’d be outta there so hard, I’m never turning around

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megcoll7.bsky.social•185 days ago

This happened in Arlington VA…the way home prices are set up me and the owl would have to figure something out.

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aj-jones-jme.bsky.social•185 days ago

Nah but for real. Take THEEE WHOLE HOUSE!

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mattclen2.bsky.social•184 days ago

That’s more of a moderately sized barred owl.

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kendycrush.bsky.social•185 days ago

The twoo meaning of Christmas

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ofarrelltalent.bsky.social•185 days ago

I kinda love this and want my own . 🫶🦉

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owl?

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lawrence0295.bsky.social•185 days ago

House was probably built in his neighborhood lol

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scout0914.bsky.social•184 days ago

LOL, I think this owl just improved this Christmas tree by 💯%!

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thetiffanyproblem.bsky.social•185 days ago

Quoth the Yule Owl: Nevermore

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dhfeldman.bsky.social•185 days ago

If it had offered the family a sonnet from its high perch, it would have demonstrated that it was a bard owl.

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danluisobispo.bsky.social•185 days ago

Take the rest of the day off. 😎

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dhfeldman.bsky.social•185 days ago

In iambic pentameter ... as requested!

If she had offer'd verse from tree top high
Then we should say a bard was seen to fly ...

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sarahbirdnerd.bsky.social•185 days ago

Niche humor 🤣

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keeper7000.bsky.social•185 days ago

Kindly see yourself out. (Following you now.)

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franneep.bsky.social•185 days ago

Are you here all week end?

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penguin007.bsky.social•185 days ago

Quoth the bard owl, 'Nevermore'.🙄

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rjdeal.bsky.social•185 days ago

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eric2718.bsky.social•185 days ago

Now say the same thing again, but in iambic pentameter.

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dhfeldman.bsky.social•185 days ago

See above. How did I do .... 😉

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orlamccool.bsky.social•185 days ago

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mx5monroe.bsky.social•185 days ago

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dcvet.bsky.social•185 days ago

If there’s a cat in that house that tree is safe.

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purplevh80.bsky.social•185 days ago

Okay. That is both very cool and would have freaked me out.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Imagine waking up to it 😀

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stayscathed.bsky.social•185 days ago

yes yes

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redqueenpryor.bsky.social•185 days ago

ditto. i like owls, from afar 😅 and THIS would've had me screaming & running out of the house LOL!

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kdmusc.bsky.social•185 days ago

As he should. Best tree topper ever!

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cactuspenguin77.bsky.social•185 days ago

Like a boss.

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jillhera.bsky.social•185 days ago

This is so great

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chigail.bsky.social•181 days ago

Same here only ours was as snowy owl in a Manhattan apartment

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teembrown.bsky.social•185 days ago

A king!

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

At the top

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godsfavorite1.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wop, Wop, Wop, Wop, Wop

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ladypup.bsky.social•185 days ago

Depending on your beliefs, this is a warning. It could mean death or aliens are coming. Or your Old White Lesbian auntie is visiting for the holidays.

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nmunk.bsky.social•185 days ago

That’s what those drones are.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea probably

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dawnyriver.bsky.social•185 days ago

😂

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espringw11.bsky.social•185 days ago

Bah. Why them? My owless life is so unfair

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lynnie321.bsky.social•185 days ago

Hmm, do chimney makers work on Sunday?

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espringw11.bsky.social•185 days ago

I'm wondering if I have a long handled net stashed somewhere....

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stayscathed.bsky.social•185 days ago

That is how I feel. An owl would LOVE my tree!

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s2lvr.bsky.social•185 days ago

Nature strikes back!

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cobonics.bsky.social•185 days ago

Quite the tree topper!!

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normajbf.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wow! Amazing.

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lululove19.bsky.social•185 days ago

That would scare the crap out of me!😂

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shergraham.bsky.social•185 days ago

What a wonderful story.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

It arrived before Santa does

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rslmontana.bsky.social•185 days ago

Lovely!
Okay, now what?!

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phonein.bsky.social•185 days ago

Interesting.

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riodylan.bsky.social•185 days ago

Jealous 😤

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britinvlvr.bsky.social•185 days ago

He looks pretty good up there

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sarahdawn.bsky.social•185 days ago

That’s the Goblin King there for the baby.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea tryna scare it away

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traveller-in-black.bsky.social•185 days ago

That... is an owl with OPINIONS.

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maggieshell.bsky.social•184 days ago

Who knows how it got removed?? We owl want to know!

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penname.bsky.social•184 days ago

This story has a video:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barred-owl-chimney-christmas-tree-video-virginia/

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czthaday.bsky.social•185 days ago

It didn't think anyone would notice?

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shedevilpatrol.bsky.social•185 days ago

Had a owl on the fountain of my front door area, it was wild

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anvilwalrusden.bsky.social•185 days ago

Does this imply that there are also domestic owls? And if so, where can I get one?

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Available my daughter had one she loved it

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anvilwalrusden.bsky.social•185 days ago

This is interesting, because the web seems generally to claim that they’re almost always illegal to keep as pets without a lot of permits. (Anyway, none are domestic, though some may be captive.) In Ont, where I live, you may keep certain species as a falconer, with the correct permit.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

You live in Ontario?

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anvilwalrusden.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yep. But in a house in the old city of Toronto, so not a falconer’s paradise 😄

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materialize.bsky.social•185 days ago

Best #bird story ever. 🪶

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ddayjr.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wonderful! You are blessed and watched over

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qwyn9374.bsky.social•184 days ago

I’m jealous

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mrcecilia.bsky.social•185 days ago

Lie or not, a delicious story!

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juliemann.bsky.social•184 days ago

Oooooooo, bird of prey as tree topper. 🥰

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edschechter.bsky.social•185 days ago

Who?

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herculedupin.bsky.social•185 days ago

"This tree's decorated when I say it's decorated."

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rexpstoner.bsky.social•185 days ago

😆👍

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josephharte4.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owl:where is that pussycat.!

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realmrswell.bsky.social•185 days ago

Stunning

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mhebert.bsky.social•185 days ago

You cannot lighten the bird’s eye ..?

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pewpewkachu.bsky.social•185 days ago

Clearly you've never seen a barred owl. This is just how nature made them...with big, dark eyes.

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whyknot.bsky.social•185 days ago

Why?

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mc91.bsky.social•185 days ago

Would love to hear what happened next!?

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michellevista.bsky.social•185 days ago

RIP Flaco. Carry on brethren.

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punkygal.bsky.social•185 days ago

The owls are not what they seem

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wiccafenian.bsky.social•185 days ago

Ooh, nostalgic 😍

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punkygal.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yes!! Gotta bring the hood references

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punkygal.bsky.social•185 days ago

Good*

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea the Kippy kings huh

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sarahbca.bsky.social•185 days ago

I want one!

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nobirdnonet.bsky.social•185 days ago

Same

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pewpewkachu.bsky.social•185 days ago

Go get a falconry license and maybe your dream will come true.

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jandcochran.bsky.social•185 days ago

It’s hi/her house now

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dunrobin.bsky.social•185 days ago

I would be sure to very carefully make it a snack and speak politely. You know, just in case “an owl” isn’t all it is.

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hudsonbay2la.bsky.social•185 days ago

Now this is how you advertise a Harry Potter item!

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aurantifolha.bsky.social•185 days ago

He's a star and he knows it

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rachelwales.bsky.social•185 days ago

This is definitely the "star" of this Christmas season.

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mlporter.bsky.social•185 days ago

Awesome!

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brigcane.bsky.social•184 days ago

It’s the owl’s house now

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funnyhowitis.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owl be home for Christmas... 🤣🤣🤣

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lucyfro.bsky.social•185 days ago

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ip5w1ch.bsky.social•185 days ago

Hoo hoo hoo Merrry Christmas

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peachiikimaf.bsky.social•185 days ago

🤣🤣

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mattiekaiser.bsky.social•185 days ago

Oh this is so underrated

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nevernotblack.bsky.social•185 days ago

Winner!

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giselefd.bsky.social•185 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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loyald-14613.bsky.social•185 days ago

😂🤣😅

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pete-etep.bsky.social•185 days ago

Who's the star now? Who?

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antifa-vegeta.bsky.social•185 days ago

💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️
😂

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sageorg10.bsky.social•185 days ago

Clever 🦉

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pete-etep.bsky.social•185 days ago

this flippant semi-joke is disturbingly popular

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funmandave.bsky.social•178 days ago

HOO KNOCKED THE STAR DOWN?

HOO! HOO! HOO-HOO!

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stayscathed.bsky.social•185 days ago

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upabigtree.bsky.social•185 days ago

Too too too cute 😁

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thebabysbottom.bsky.social•185 days ago

Someone is going to Hogwarts.

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citlan.bsky.social•185 days ago

@phylogenomics.bsky.social

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pardzavfc.bsky.social•184 days ago

That's amazing. Absolutely stunning creatures

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jrct70.bsky.social•185 days ago

What a star!

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vinosmax.bsky.social•185 days ago

Beautiful!

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rowyourbot.bsky.social•185 days ago

MY TREE. MINE.

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deusericus.bsky.social•185 days ago

"Who cooks for you? Nah! Now you cook for me!"

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dankkushrenada.bsky.social•185 days ago

Love those guys so much
Like top 10 birds

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vandybethglenn.bsky.social•185 days ago

The word "huge" somehow seems like an understatement.

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informalogic.bsky.social•185 days ago

Oooh, not a good sign.

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figment7.bsky.social•184 days ago

Did he have a letter from Hogwarts?

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cavu4ever.bsky.social•184 days ago

🤣

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patkatj.bsky.social•185 days ago

Best tree topper ever!

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dissentinator.bsky.social•185 days ago

It’s a Christmas miracle!

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popoyboy143.bsky.social•185 days ago

Nice 😊

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josh-schilling.bsky.social•185 days ago

Someone’s getting an invite from Hogwarts.

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lukeaddison.com•185 days ago

Happened to us too

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stayscathed.bsky.social•185 days ago

Is that real???

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bluedragonfly01.bsky.social•185 days ago

Picture has a caption. Click on the picture.

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stayscathed.bsky.social•184 days ago

Ah!!! 😆

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kibbitz1.bsky.social•185 days ago

Your cat tree against your Christmas tree? Must have a mighty well behaved cat!

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lukeaddison.com•185 days ago

Surprisingly, all 5 of my cats haven't done anything to the tree... yet.

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kibbitz1.bsky.social•184 days ago

They're waiting for you to leave.

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lukeaddison.com•184 days ago

Haha, probably.

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kristenarden.bsky.social•184 days ago

Are you sure they are cats?

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babsbythebay.bsky.social•184 days ago

I put my tree up, and then left it undecorated for a day or so, until both cats had a chance to learn that it definitely would not bear their weight. No problems since.

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lukeaddison.com•184 days ago

Sounds like a good plan.

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babsbythebay.bsky.social•184 days ago

The funny part was, one of the cats ended up being absolutely obsessed with it. He would constantly sit and watch the lights, and when I took it down, he yelled at me for DAYS. 🤣

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lukeaddison.com•184 days ago

I can imagine. I think I'd have to just leave the tree there for the cats. They're the bosses of the house after all!

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lsstern.bsky.social•185 days ago

awesome

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venus8000.bsky.social•185 days ago

Well talk about a message from above! The owl symbolism is wisdom, protection, intuition to name a few

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copycat21c.bsky.social•184 days ago

The star (assuming it was a 5-pointer) represents humanity and I’m sure a few other things. The blend of the two is extremely telling.

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ezenbaklattan.bsky.social•185 days ago

@itsvengey.live can you do this at my place

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theblacksavant.bsky.social•184 days ago

I love how the owl looking at them like, "Nah what?"

That's the funniest shit to me.

Also, I'm from the rural south and I'll be hightailing it out that house, since a owl hanging around your house portends death. Well, what in the hell it means when its inside!?!?

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leahsharon.bsky.social•184 days ago

Bring it .. no fear. I’ve befriended a few crows, they hang out like family now. Birds are messengers, not grim reapers … unless that’s the message ☺️

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yourmajesttii.bsky.social•184 days ago

Death also means starting new. Getting rid of the old

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cynalbr.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wow

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smbdemocracy.bsky.social•185 days ago

That’s pretty cool!

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absurdreality.bsky.social•185 days ago

This looks ominous, I don't trust it

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melisa23.bsky.social•185 days ago

#TeamOwl

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frwessling.bsky.social•185 days ago

Many many traditional cultures talk of when the animals try desperately to communicate with us when the times are becoming very not good and consistently we do not listen to our own and their peril

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ferrodiabloc5.bsky.social•185 days ago

He now owns the entire household…
Thems the Rules.

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riksoz.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owl have what he haveing

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daphe.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wow !!!
Lucky them

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bensgigi.bsky.social•185 days ago

How precious!

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zazagab0r.bsky.social•185 days ago

i think owls are horrifying and so this is now my new greatest fear

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Ummm Really when I was a child am always afraid of it

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zazagab0r.bsky.social•184 days ago

they are very scary looking😭🥺

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•184 days ago

Yea I could imagine that,well nice to meet you

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zazagab0r.bsky.social•183 days ago

nice to meet you too, sir! ☺️

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•181 days ago

Can we get to talk,are you single?

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•183 days ago

Can we get along and merry Christmas

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coffinsneeze.bsky.social•185 days ago

look at me

i’m the angel now

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fairyg.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wow

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lindavt.bsky.social•185 days ago

“The family is still searching for their kitten.”

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takeoutmoe.bsky.social•185 days ago

If an owl can come down your chimney, all your heat goes up it

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melanieraven.bsky.social•185 days ago

I would love that! I'd feel like the most powerful witch on the planet!!

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michaelmccarthy92.bsky.social•185 days ago

Delibird

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neverquitdreaming.bsky.social•185 days ago

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ninaruby69.bsky.social•185 days ago

Can you imagine? Did she say whowhooo on the way down?

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ladylettera32.bsky.social•185 days ago

It’s the owl’s tree now 🎄

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firstandforemost92.bsky.social•185 days ago

Awww....❤️❤️❤️

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onioneyes.bsky.social•185 days ago

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randomgirltoyou.bsky.social•185 days ago

And I’ll cut a bitch up with these razor talons if she tries to dethrone me. 😆

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scruss.bsky.social•185 days ago

I'd be more worried about the pellets than the poop

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cateyezgreen.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wow…now that’s an epic tree topper!

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Absolutely

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johnkaprielian.bsky.social•185 days ago

And demanded to know "Who cooks for you all?!"

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thmade.bsky.social•185 days ago

Badass Christmas Owl doing badass Christmas owl things. 🤎

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laneylan.bsky.social•185 days ago

Now that's a tree topper!

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summergirl505.bsky.social•185 days ago

Now I want an owl treetopper!

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adicksondc.bsky.social•185 days ago

An owl might be one of the more perfect tree toppers.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea they love the perch

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adicksondc.bsky.social•185 days ago

I see a new market for live owls.

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Wanna connect?

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Well nice meeting you here

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Really

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travelonthereg.bsky.social•184 days ago

“There. That’s better.”

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jcm444.bsky.social•185 days ago

Just such enchantment here! What good fortune to have such an experience! Beautiful.

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magarst.bsky.social•185 days ago

Is that good luck? It seems like it should portend a year of very good luck.

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jvsylvester.bsky.social•185 days ago

Owls are symbols of knowledge and wisdom. For the goddess Athena (or some deity like that) to send her avatar as an omen ... that can't be bad.

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hipstersasquatch.bsky.social•185 days ago

On the scale of critters that can come tearing down an un-capped chimney, an owl is pretty lucky.

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norisj.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yeah, we had a bat do that once in the house I grew up in. Unpleasant.

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goodcitizen.bsky.social•185 days ago

Best hide the cat😁✌️

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saltyraider1970.bsky.social•185 days ago

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cosmykgyrl.bsky.social•185 days ago

I thought it was a Harry Potter tree 🥴🥴

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recoveringxtian.bsky.social•185 days ago

Ever see the movie The Fourth Kind? OMG, I could not sleep at night for a few weeks.

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whitbell.bsky.social•185 days ago

Love!

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nicholaspedro.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yea pretty much

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grandana.bsky.social•185 days ago

Santa needs to get a better makeover.

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notincleveland.bsky.social•185 days ago

This family was lucky it was only an owl making like Santa down the chimney. Could've been a squirrel, raccoon or who knows what. And it could have been rabid.

After hearing otherworldly yowling and screaming in my chimney for days once, I called a critter service to come see what was up...

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notincleveland.bsky.social•185 days ago

...the yowling had stopped, and I was worried whatever had been yowling had died in there. I keep the flue closed, which was just as well given what the critter service said. The tracks in the roof snow were from a raccoon, which, thankfully, had escaped, rather than dying in the chimney.

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notincleveland.bsky.social•185 days ago

They then informed me only a metal plate with a weight dangling from a chain had been covering the chimney, and the plate had been pushed aside. I had them install a grate over the chimney top. No more yowling since--and, interestingly, no more mice are getting into the house to entertain my cats.

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loyald-14613.bsky.social•185 days ago

And a raccoon could have brought fleas.

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