Living Rural

   Awoke at 6am EST this morning, hoping to see my favorite owl couple. Turned on the PC and what do I see - OH NO - reruns again!  I'm sure this has happened to many of you as well. So disappointing - I just couldn't understand why - so I did some asking.....

  Rural Life...Ahhh wouldn't we all love to live away from the hustle and bustle of city life - commune with nature, smell the fresh air, hear and maybe see owls out our back window!   Yes, rural life has it's good points, but one of the few not so good ones are "Broadband"....Say WHAT?? you ask...everyone has internet don't they?? Oh how we take things for granted! Some rural areas can't get internet at all. While others consider themselves lucky to at least have dial up... So it is, for some folks in Nicasio! The school itself  is fortunate to have an external line that connects through the County Office - over hills and through the woods - oh my! - with minimal output. What does that mean, you ask...To put it simply: The school is having a hard time just keeping the server and comptuers up and running for daily use of the school! Long term options are being looked into: but of course will take time and lots of money - changes will not be anytime soon. How does this affect our viewing of the owl box? The education of the students is first, as I am sure you will agree! Thus bandwidth must be saved for the school. They have been trying to accommodate us owl box viewers - but there will be times we won't be able to have live streaming video. So let's be thankful for what we do get and continue to hope for a new clutch this year!! Looking forward to the students naming the owlets ♥
   I would like to take this opportunity to say once again "Thank You" to Nicasio School, Mark Tong (IT guy), and HOP (Hungry Owl Project) for sharing this wonderful opportunity to see and learn from Salt and Pepper (The Nicasio Owls).

If you would like to make a donation:
http://www.nicasioschool.org 
http://www.hungryowl.org 

Below is a video taken by Maggie Rufo, Here is what she says: Dear Nicasio Owl Cam Viewers, here is a 360 view of the habitat of Salt and Pepper, and soon their owlets. Please take a Dramamine or something before watching because  my hands were seriously shaking! Sorry about that. This was taken around 8:10 am and it's still a bit foggy. Nicasio
is one of many incredibly beautiful places in Marin County. If you look
up the word "bucolic" in the dictionary there should be a picture of
West Marin there! When the cars aren't going by you can even hear some
birdsong.