At 815am, several crows alerted me to a possible threat (to them). I vectored
in on a big ‘beech’ (I think, light gray) and in the V of two large trunks sat
one of the BARRED OWLs. It was about 15m up and about 50m from me inside the
deer exclosure, seen from Severinghaus Trail about 50m down fr
Leading a bunch of kids on a walk this morning, just south of the Podell
Boardwalk I heard the loud insistent "chick-b"ing of a scarlet tanager, and
was surprised when the brilliant male bird came down low and close enough for
great naked-eye looks by most of the kids. It eventually moved a
