A bird normally found in the Southwest has appeared in Union Square! It appears to be a 1st year male. If the I.D. is correct, it will be the first recorded sighting in New York State. Needless to say, its discovery has created quite a stir among the greater New York birding community.
No one flew out this evening. Have they moved? Is something wrong, or is it just the cold?
Tonight, we only got to see the male owl. He flew out, landed on a nearby branch, preened and then went north. We looked for the female, but she did not come out of her cavity.
The male was out standing guard when I arrived on Wednesday evening.
More images taken while attending a late December Florida photography workshop.
I arrived around 5:30 after fly out to find one owl quietly sitting on a branch outside the roost tree. The owl stayed in the same place for at least thirty minutes. Was it the female waiting for a snack or the male waiting for the female. I couldn’t tell on a cold, misty night without binoculars.
