saw my first barn owl of 2013 tonight. Almost made working late worth it. Fantastic little ghost.
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Well was it in a barn?
No, usually it flies with me as I drive down the road but this time it broadsided me flying across my path.
Biker
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About 10 years ago I was driving back from Folkestone to Canterbury along the back road and suddenly in the headlamps a huge Owl dropped from the blackness, picked up something (presumably a small animal) off the road in front of me and flew back off into the darkness.
I pulled the car over to the roadside and my girlfriend an I sat in silence for about a minute letting the goosebumps subside and savouring the moment for what it was. I'd never seen an owl in the wild before and it was a spine tingling experience. Seen a couple over here in Normandy since, but that was the most spectacular. Sadly I found a dead barn own in the road last year, I don't know why seeing that should affect me more than a dead pigeon or some other bird but it did.
Real happy for you Mike, thanks for bringing back that memory of my own first time sighting.
I pulled the car over to the roadside and my girlfriend an I sat in silence for about a minute letting the goosebumps subside and savouring the moment for what it was. I'd never seen an owl in the wild before and it was a spine tingling experience. Seen a couple over here in Normandy since, but that was the most spectacular. Sadly I found a dead barn own in the road last year, I don't know why seeing that should affect me more than a dead pigeon or some other bird but it did.
Real happy for you Mike, thanks for bringing back that memory of my own first time sighting.
I'm lucky, I see them regularly through summer and autumn on my way to and from work... But I never tire of them.
I have a barn owl that sits in a tree overhanging the compost heap.............I think he's helping us reduce the rat population.
They are wonderful. This guy was 6 feet away when i took the picture
Sadly, the owl subsequently came off worse in an encounter with a goshawk, so I have now are the memories and a few wing feathers.
Sadly, the owl subsequently came off worse in an encounter with a goshawk, so I have now are the memories and a few wing feathers.
Elen Sentier
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What a shot! Not seen one yet this year, they say the cold has badly affected barn owls' hunting and many ahve died again this winter . We usually do have a couple of pairs around so I'm still hoping ...
. We usually do have a couple of pairs around so I'm still hoping ...
Elen Sentier
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Barn Owls are magnificent creatures.
I'm lucky enough to live in an area where there has been an active programme of landowners putting up boxes for them; the population of breeding pairs here is very healthy now.
That said, they need to learn not to fly into cars
I'm lucky enough to live in an area where there has been an active programme of landowners putting up boxes for them; the population of breeding pairs here is very healthy now.
That said, they need to learn not to fly into cars
Seen them only twice. The first time it came from behind me as i left the woods entering a field. Gotta be honest and say I hit the deck! Was only a few feet above my head but completely silent, came as a right shock I tell ye but amazing all the same.
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