{"id":1867,"date":"2013-08-15T20:13:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T14:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2013-08-15T20:13:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T14:13:50","slug":"goodbye-colorado-with-a-great-horned-owl-sendoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/08\/15\/goodbye-colorado-with-a-great-horned-owl-sendoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye, Colorado, With a Great Horned Owl Sendoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it’s not exactly Phillip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus<\/em>, but yesterday, after a summer of writing\/backpacking\/river-rafting, I had to leave my beloved Colorado home to head back East, and it was a hectic packing morning. I was rushing about, filling bags of stuffed animals for my daughter, dashing down to the backyard to take down the badminton net, and I saw something fly above my head: a beautiful Great Horned Owl whom I’ve been trying to capture on film for over a year. I ran up to the house, got my camera, and this fine, healthy specimen of Bubo virginianus<\/em> posed for me, and bid me a fond farewell.
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