Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Construction, Hooting, Compost, Hooting

Sunday night, I arrived after fly out to find Flaco inside the unfinished building at the Meer. He was in the northern section, but flew out quickly. He hooted briefly from Nutter’s Battery, but then made a pass around the construction site. We went looking for him but couldn’t find him and returned to the construction site. I decided to make one last look for him, and found him in one of his favorite trees. He stayed there but after about an hour I lost him. A park truck came with recyclables and that flushed him from near where he had been perching. He then flew to the safety of one of the Black Locusts, sneezed a few times and then hooted. By that time, it was almost midnight, so I went home.