It’s late fall and owl are arriving in the park.  This is a Great Horned Owl, which arrived this week. If you must see an owl in Central Park, this is the one to visit. It is roosting in a very high perch, and therefore least likely to be disturbed by visitors.

Saturday night with the Barred Owl was less spectacular than previous nights.  The owl had studied the cavities squirrels were using and went to three of them after sunset.  I don’t think it got one, but it was a nice start to the evening.  It then gave us the slip going deep into the woods.

After a few days without seeing it, the Barred Owl was seen again on Wednesday and again today.  It hunted after dusk, and much to my joy, after missing a Chipmunk perched within a few feet of me on a stump.  I was so worried I might bother it, I just froze and admired it.  What a wonderful experience, and in Manhattan of all places!

The Barred Owl in Central Park was active in the afternoon before I got to see it.  It caught a chipmunk and had another encounter with a Cooper’s Hawk before I arrived.

I was there at dusk and got to see it move around for about twenty minutes.

A Barred Owl has been in Central Park for at least two days.  I caught up with it on Friday and Saturday.  On Saturday, there was a bit of a standoff between it and a Cooper’s Hawk.

The first day of winter brought a Long-eared Owl to Central Park.  A wonderful bird that flew out for the evening around 5:15.