Saturday Night (owl) Fever
There was a big turnout for Saturday night's fly-out as the two Eastern Screech-owls continued to put on a show on the West side of Central Park.However fear and frepidation was among the diehard owl enthusiasts because the previous night one of the screech owls had swooped low across the drive and been struck by a car. Momentarily stunned, the owl shook off the glancing blow and flew off before anyone could render assistance.
Last night both owls seemed fine as they flew west from their nest tree followed by a flock of owl aficionados.
I met a very nice and knowledgeable young birder, John, who was there with his mother Helen. He is seen in the photo above standing next to the boy with the binoculars. John kindly lent his binoculars to his new friend so the friend could see the owls up close.
