Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for November 20, 2024

Two little critters in the tree.

“The old hooty owl hooty-hoos to the dove…”

That’s a song lyric from 1957. Obviously the owl is not the only one who’s old.

Just remember to check the book occasionally. Wonder if it came with a CD.

Perish the thought of Sterling getting up before his mom.

Mom knows everything.

Is Wallace the barred owl?

Hopefully no garlic breath while h-hooting :)

“H-hay fever? H-hay fever, absolutely h-horrid, h-horrid! I suffered from it on h-holiday once in H-helensburgh, yes, I was h-hibernating in the h-hotel the entire h-holiday!” (The Two Ronnies show, Garlic Breath sketch)

So THATS what I’ve been hearing last night

Get the Cornell app, ‘Merlin.’ It is the only useful reason to own a smart phone. It will identify bird calls and has pre-recorded calls that you can use to call back to the birds.

Did anyone else hoot along with Wallace..?

We had barn owls. They were awfully unhappy about sharing the barn.

I love how Seagull is ever-present. In Monday’s strip he’s even got his own bed in Wallace’s room. He’s graduated from being just a bird up to pet status now.

I imagine half the neighborhood is up, as well.

Tammy’s in looooove

…..best time to practice?

Give a hoot! Don’t pollute!

(sorry, it’s an old memory)

I wonder if this barred owl will know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop WITHOUT biting?

(there I go again)

8^)

It wasn’t the owl she heard, but Wallace.

Will even nailed that last HOOOooo they do. Nice.

My oldest daughter is a Freshman English teacher. As I am typing this post, she is sending me pictures from a presentation being given by a local owl rescue agency. The first picture was a Barred Owl. I wish I could attach the picture, but I cannot. Beautiful creature.

What a neat story arc.

She still has ears, Wallace. :P

Those are some spooky trees. Why not carve a face into one?

She’s such a supportive mom.

There were Barred Owls (not to be confused with barn owls) on a place I had in the country in SE Texas a few years ago. That is what they sound like, except when they cut loose with what sounds like a Howler Monkey.

I love this arc, but it’s tinged with melancholy for me. A barred owl was just found dead in a park in my Massachusetts town, and an autopsy revealed the cause was rat poison and that it had probably suffered terribly. Hopefully the good people of Snug Harbor know that there are better ways to control the rodent population than deadly chemicals. Owls being one of the best.