{"id":4157,"date":"2012-05-21T02:40:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T02:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/karenspearszacharias\/?p=4157"},"modified":"2012-05-21T02:40:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T02:40:59","slug":"the-redneck-the-owlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/karenspearszacharias\/2012\/05\/21\/the-redneck-the-owlet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Redneck & the Owlet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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That\u2019s my friend Swede upon that ladder rigging up a redneck fix to a very complicated problem. Swede is no tree-hugging liberal. He\u2019s a contractor for classic custom-built homes. But on Sunday, Swede was trying to fix the home of this little critter.<\/p>\n

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Swede nicknamed him Harry. I\u2019m not sure he is a he but either way, Harry seemed a good fit. On Saturday, Swede was out at Green Acres. That\u2019s the name his wife Debbie dubbed their new property, which isn\u2019t out of town at all really, just up the road a piece from our place. Tim and Swede grew up in the county. That\u2019s how everyone in the mountains refers to the community \u2014 the county. Tim was friends with Swede\u2019s younger brother first. Duff was even the best man in our wedding. Duff and Tim went to college together at Judson Baptist and played sports together throughout their growing up. Duff was once offered a coaching job in Dufur, Oregon but his wife nixed that. She didn\u2019t want to be married to Duff the Dufur coach.<\/p>\n

Over time we grew to be good friends with Swede and Debbie simply because we all kept ending up in the same towns together. When my youngest was born, we told everyone that Swede was her daddy because she was blonde-headed like Swede and not dark like Tim. To this day, Konnie refers to Swede as Daddy Swede.<\/p>\n

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Back at Green Acres on Saturday, Swede was overseeing a tree cutting project. Before he can start building a home on their new property, a few trees needed to be felled, like this honking big one that was pretty well hollowed out. Only Swede didn\u2019t know, until they started cutting it, that the tree was home to Harry and his\/her mama, and this group of angry birds.<\/p>\n

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All those critters came tumbling out of their nests when the trunk of that tree started coming down. Harry rolled tail over feathers, while this close-knit bunch just hunkered down in their nest and waited out the tumble.<\/p>\n


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Once Swede discovered the baby owl was nesting inside the tree, however, he decided to rig up a fix. He built a platform and then wired the hollow part of the tree to the platform, hole side down and at a slant, to keep Harry from falling out again. \u00a0All in hopes that Harry\u2019s mother will return to care for her not-yet-flight-worthy-charge.<\/p>\n

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Afterall, it was a plan that worked just fine for this bunch. Swede put them back in their log home and soon enough mama was sweeping in to feed them. But just to be sure I called the good people over at Blue Mountain Wildlife Rescue. The folks there were glad to hear the owlet had survived the night without too much trauma. I didn\u2019t tell them that Swede said when he found Harry this morning, the downy puff was cold and stiff.<\/p>\n

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But once the sun came out, so did Harry\u2019s sunny disposition. The rescue folks said that it\u2019s not true that if you touch a bird the mother won\u2019t have anything else to do with it. But Swede wasn\u2019t taking any risk. He wanted to give Harry every chance at survival.<\/p>\n

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To some, Swede\u2019s efforts may seem like a tedious waste of time.<\/p>\n

But to Harry, Swede\u2019s caring ways are everything.<\/p>\n

And you?<\/p>\n

Who are you cradling close, praying over and imparting hope to?<\/p>\n

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