Monday, January 7, 2013

Little Owl


See the little owl sitting in this blue spruce tree? Ed took this photo last Friday out by our barn on Graywood Farm. The bird sat still as Ed approached him.

"He blinked his eyes," Ed said, when I commented that the owl almost looked like a toy. We perused the bird books last night and came to the tentative conclusion that the owl might be a screech owl. He appears to be 10-12" high and marked with a striped feather pattern.

It has been a number of years since we have seen or heard owls on the farm. Could this owl be a migrating visitor, or a local resident who has been upset by work in the barn, or a newcomer whose habitat has been altered by global warming? Whatever the cause of his visit, we're glad to welcome an owl to the farm and will keep a watchful eye out for further appearances.

Copyright 2012
Wanda Hayes Eichler

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