These photographs and videos are from mid-week.  I wasn’t able to find this owl this weekend.  I think she’s changed cavities.

Same old, same old, which is just great.

It was cold enough that she only came out at dusk, rather than sitting up in the cavity earlier, as she does when it is warmer.  But other than that it was a fairly normal fly out.

Seeing a Northern Saw-whet Owl in Central Park is a real treat.  Only a few are seen during migration and they only seem to be one day guests of the park, so actually seeing one takes patience. 

Today, the Central Park birding community helped me out.  Rebekah Creshkof found the owl, told a friend who got me to the general area of the bird, and then another pair of birders helped me find the right tree.

What may be the last Eastern Screech-Owl in Central Park, continues to captivate me.  She was lower in the cavity today, something that makes sense given the colder weather.

The Eastern Screech-Owl continues in her favorite cavity.  While I was watching her, a few birders stood very close to her.  (A good sign that she’s annoyed is that she puts her ears up.)

When visiting her in the afternoon, please give her some space.  Most of us have expensive binoculars.  Let’s use them!  How would you like it if someone came into your bedroom and started staring at you!

In addition to this owl, the park had a Northern Saw-whet owl last week, and has a Great-Horned Owl now.