Flaco was roosting in his Oak Tree roost this afternoon. For the most part he slept, but still managed to keep any eye on his surroundings.

Flaco hooted, and coughed up two pellets (which consisted of Brown Rat fur and bones) before fly out. After fly out he went directly to a Black Locust at Compost and after using just a few perches caught a Brown Rat. He took it to a dirt pile. I was late for dinner so I had to leave, but it was amazing after a few nights where we quickly lost him, on this night we got to see him hunt before 7 pm. Owl watching can be easy or hard. Sunday night, it was easy.

On Thursday night, Flaco flew out to his regular first stop near the Green Bench (named for the person the bench honors, not the color) and then flew to a favorite perch near Nuttery’s Battery. But then we lost track of him. He seemed to be going south, but it was unclear where he ended up. Despite lots of folks looking for him, he wasn’t relocated.

Monday evening was one of the nights where Flaco quickly disappeared. He flew out fairly predictably, going to a tree northwest of Andrew Haswell Green Bench, then to a tree just inside the construction site. However instead of exploring the construction site he went to Nutter’s Battery and then flew due south of the Compost Heap, before disappearing.

He had brought a rat to his roost and had eaten it around 4 pm. We wondered if on the days he eats at this roost, he is in no rush to eat early and instead he explores.

I was busy watching a Marsh Wren at the Nursery, so I missed Flaco’s fly out. I caught up with him as he explored the construction site. He then went to the Compost Heap and quickly caught a rat. He ate it on the highest dirt pile, but then stopped half way through eating. He did this last night at the construction site too.

He then hooted in trees to the north and south before returning to the dirt pile. He continued eating the rat but some raccoons caused him to move to another dirt pile. He finished eating and then quickly went north. We couldn’t relocate him.

I arrived after dinner to find that Flaco had caught a Brown Rat at the Compost Heap, and had been flushed so that he moved to the Harlem Meer construction site to eat it. When I arrived most of the owl watchers thought he had finished it, but at least half of it was right in front of him. He would make some flight but returned to retrieve the rat and then ate it on an excavator. He got startled and then took the rat to a second excavator. Once he was finished, he flew to Nutter’s Battery and started hooting. It was late and knowing he can hoot for hours, we all went home.