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He didn't care I was there.

Even though it was the warmest day of the week, it was still below freezing, so everyone was tucked up into themselves.

He's a bit bigger than I was expecting. A very handsome fella though. He had very nice patterns, and his floof was blowing around in the breeze.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Otis was tucked away in the back corner today instead of the front corner. He's usually chatty, but he was chilly enough he just started tucked up napping while I was there.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Annabelle was enjoy the sun too much to even hiss at me today!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Got to check out the new eagle as well. It didn't seem to fly, but it was actually running and hopping around.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Whoops, posted in the wrong spot.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago
[–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sure he cared, he probably just had a lot on his mind; "hmm.. probably mice for dinner today, agaaain, and what the heck was that Otis dude hooting about last night?!"

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yup, he's probably still gotta finish unpacking and meeting the neighbors and all that. He's got a pretty good setup, and I look forward to seeing him when it gets a little warmer out.