You'll have to take my word for it but today I spotted a fledging great horned owl!
Two years ago, May 3, 2015, a group of bird watchers came up the bike path and on their way back I stopped walking Fenway to talk with them. They told me how to spot the babies.....and sure enough, that afternoon Dave and I watched as two fledglings practiced flying skills by hopping from branch to branch.
I never saw any last year.....but today, while walking the dog, I heard a great deal of rucus high in the trees. The big trees are just beginning to leaf out so there is plenty of bare space between the branches. I walked up the path until I spotted three crows.
They were perched on different trees....sort of forming a triangle.....and making a lot of noise. Every once in awhile one or two of them would fly downwards a few yards and find a new perch. I kept changing my angle by walking a few more feet up the path.....shading my eyes I tried to see what they were up to.
Suddenly an un-tree-like-roundish-shape appeared and moved just a little as a crow bombed by. So I stopped.....and waited and watched. The crows finally moved off and the "lump" stayed put. Until it didn't!
I watched the owl ruffle it's feathers, shake it's head and move a few feet up the branch.
No picture......and one day late and only one.....but I spotted "my" baby owl for the season!
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