Owl Figurine – Perfect Mimento for a Bird Lover
Every year in October the National Seashore Park on Cape Cod, Massachusetts hosts a midnight birdwatching tour to go in search of a Screeching Owl. When my now 30 year-old nephew Ben was 5, we decided to go.
That was quite an adventure for a small boy. While there is no guarantee that the tour will actually see (or hear) a screeching owl, the tour itself is a worthy adventure. It’s dark and the tall forest is very spooky. You walk with just flashlights pointed at the ground to keep you from tripping. You don’t want to scare the owls so you don’t point them up in the air.
Well we did get to hear the screeching owls. It was very impressive. I think everyone there (including the tour guide) jumped with the first screech was heard. What an adventure! Then multiple screeching owls were heard. Ben’s hand grabbed mine so tightly. Well we survived and it’s become one of our favorite memories. Now that he has his own son, he can hardly wait to bring him on the tour.
I gave him an owl figurine for a special keepsake Christmas present that year. It was the start of a small figurine collection for him, that represented our most special memories each year. When I visited him and his wife at their new apartment, I was delighted to see the cute figurines displayed in his son’s bedroom.