A pair of screech owls were observed in Ken Buckley’s (now owned by Jim Fullerton) front yard.  This is one of the pair clinging to some bamboo trees that separate Boynton’s from Buckley’s property.  I observed the owls to be most active at night but in this photograph the pair were forced out of and separated from their nest by prowling black rat snakes looking for the owl eggs or their chics.   An interesting fight between the owl pair and the snakes ensued resulting in one snake being injured. The injured snake found snactuary in a cavity of another nearby tree while the owls reclaimed their nest.