Little Lake, Big Slough & Patty’s New Chair November 12, 2025

My most sought after, an Owl!

Many of you may know that a vehicle makes a great bird or wildlife blind; I suppose animals have become used to them in their world. Our truck is good and bad as a birding vehicle; it is high, which is good, but the windows distort with both binoculars and cameras, and the roof, well, it is impossible to see through! Some wildlife searches in certain locations must be done on foot or by sitting and waiting due to accessibility. We are fortunate in our areas to have miles and miles of dirt roads, deep forest, and open savannah to explore by vehicle. So, Patty now has her own safari vehicle, or a version thereof. 

This was a community project,  and the idea started with our experiences in Africa. Our friend Andy donated a fishing chair from his old boat. My brother, Tom, did an amazing job of reupholstering it. Our neighbors, Michael and Ray, donated lumber, and the kids all supervised. 

We took our virgin tour with the new Birding Throne yesterday morning up at Little Lake and Big Slough, and were rewarded almost immediately with a sighting that Patty says she would not have been able to see from inside the truck. My most looked-for and seldom-seen favorite, an Owl, a Barred Owl!

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