McGee - My Final Farewell

This past Monday had been an ordinary day. I was tired from the "Spring ahead" and admittedly looking forward to a quiet night. Last week's Anniversary celebration had been wonderful but I was counting on a slow night on FB and it seemed to be such. So I was siting on the couch, doing nothing but watching that ridiculous Bachelor show. Sometime after 9pm I went over to my laptop and saw two words up and down the posts "McGee gone" and in an instant the day changed. Funny how life is like that isn't it. Loss hits us like a ton of bricks, stops us dead in our tracks and turns our lives upside down. For regardless of what the Molly song said, neither Molly nor McGee ended up being just common barn owls to us MOD's. They have become so much a part of our lives because of everything we've shared with them. Carlos and his cams brought them into our lives and most of all into our hearts.


And McGee was our Superhero, flying into the box with those blazing white legs in a frenzy of feathers "Leggz McGee" to the rescue ! Providing meals for our precious owlets. Tallies were kept on the number of deliveries and type of meal. Discussions over was it a mouse, a rat, a gopher could last for hours. And it was that "fling and fly" delivery style he became so famous for. And those beautiful, wonderful white legs most often all of him we saw. It wasn't until Molly and McGee were empty nesters after the 3rd clutch that we saw Molly and McGee alone in the box. Their obvious affection for each other was a sight to behold and the screen shots I took from that time are beyond precious to me.

McGee was our hero. Provider to  those amazing clutches and mate to our beloved Molly. Dashing as any male barn owl we've ever seen with his white chest, oh how we loved him.  And I think to to us he was invincible as Superhero's are so Carlos report came as a great shock to us. McGee gone ! How could it be ? We know he would never abandon Molly and their 4th clutch. What happened we will never know, but while on another of his Superhero missions something went awry and he did not return. Molly tried as hard as she could but could not save precious little DeeDee and those 3 other angel eggs. And so it is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of this amazing owl. But we will cherish the memories always. Fly free McGee, we will miss you. Molly has moved on and so must we - it is the way of the owl.

McGee Royal 3.12.12 May he Rest in Peace