On Sunday, the Central Park Barred Owl was out in the open in a tree near where the usual Hemlock Tree roost is. Given the skirmishes between the owl, a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk and a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk during the last few weeks, I wonder if the owl had been forced to move earlier in the day.

The owl made one small hop from where it was roosting, and coughed up a pellet before flying out. Owls have limited peripheral vision, so much of what it follows is based on sound. Tonight it fascinating to watch it track its environment based on sound, then sight.