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Article: Owls of literature and utility poles.(The Home Forum)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 12, 2002
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Byline: Todd R. Nelson
On four out of five days during the past two weeks, I have had the good fortune to see the same large barred owl, in the same place, at the same time. It has become an evening rendezvous.
We are both punctual, or at least on the same schedule, and meet up on the Castine Road at about 5 p.m. Whereas I consider it a daily appointment, I cannot be sure what the owl puts down in his daily calendar. He is rather inscrutable.
He is a stout 12 inches tall, with mottled feathers. He usually sits in one of two trees, a maple or an apple, though last night he perched atop a utility pole. Regardless of the perch, he is always ...