Urban Hawks

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.

One of the three Eastern Screech-Owls pairs is in a very public place, and "Owl Mania" broke out over the weekend in Central Park, with far too many visitors descending on the pair.

Although my reporting about them did not disclose their location, I feel that posting any more owl photographs will add to the "Owl Mania". So, I’m going to do what I’ve done the last few years and stop reporting about owls until the late spring.

There was a large crowd tonight.  There was an “Owl Tour” and lots of birders.  They female was very slow to come out and took her time.  She flew out about a half hour later than the male.  They had sex twice and disappeared to the east soon afterwards.

Saturday, 01-12-08

I then came back for the fly out to see him relaxed.