Eurasian Eagle-Owl, No Luck On Monday

After having Flaco for most of Sunday night, on Monday we only saw him briefly after fly out.

He seemed agitated at fly out. He crossed the 96th Street road that joins with the main transverse east, and then crossed the West Drive to a high tree. He spent most of his time looking east before flying in the direction of the Tennis Courts. He then went southwest and we lost track of him. I saw him briefly about a half hour later flying north but couldn’t see where he perched.

But this is owl watching. You have good nights and bad nights.

What’s unclear is if this was just a one night change or a signal of a change in habits. He has changed his roost locations over the last week, so we could be seeing the start of a new set of hunting locations. Or it could have just been an off night.