Owls
Hermit Thrush at Owl Woods, NY
Whenever the illustrious Mike Bergin of 10000birds.com is hunting for owls around Rochester, I am obliged to accompany him as his talisman, his good luck charm, his supersonic owl finder. (I’ll tell you, but nobody else, that I’m exceptionally sharp at finding owls, but we’ve had some excellent luck at scoring Strix and Bubo and [...]
Great Horned Owl Mobbed by Six Crows
Continuation of My Excellent Adventure in Ithaca, NY. I miss living in the country, so when my friend Krissie and I woke last Saturday to the sound of coyotes howling in the mist surrounding Marie Read’s house, which she shares with her husband Peter Wrege (director of Elephant Listening Project at Cornell), I knew the [...]
Seven Owls, One New York Winter
Owls may be quiet, secretive, and hard to find, but this past winter was an incredible winter for owls for me. I luxuriated in long looks of Snowy, Great Horned, Long-eared, Short-eared, and Northern Saw-Whet owls, and while less thrilling but no less important, caught vocalizations of both Barred and Screech owls. My first Life [...]
