Rhapsodies

I had a pleasant surprise taking my favorite shortcut to University Village through Ravenna Park I heard some people talking about Owls in the park. According to them there was a clutch of five living in the park. I was obviously interested after having seen one a couple of years ago.

The Barred Owl was still where the people had said it was. My guess was it was still a fledging since it was still a little fluffy. It wasn’t exactly tame since it was acting very skittish with me barely fifty feet away from it, but at the same time the option of flying away didn’t seem to occur to it. (Having said that I didn’t push my luck trying to get any closer. ) I took a few pictures but the sun was behind him so the contrast wasn’t very good.

Fortunately it was still in the general vicinity when I came back the other way a few hours later and the light was much better for my iphone then.

If it and it’s sibling are going to be around for the rest of the season I plan to try again with a proper camera.