Greetings- I was at Cherry Creek this afternoon and was astounded to see a male barn owl foraging in the fields adjacent to the main park road. A barn owl anywhere on the front range in February seems very unusual so I thought I'd post it. It was in flight for at least 20 minutes between 5:00 and 5:30 and stayed within one fairly small area between the outhouses at the Cottonwood Creek parking area and the wetlands under construction just to the northwest. It put on quite the show and I got excellent looks. It was clearly foraging, dropping to the ground numerous times, but I never saw it catch any prey. Unfortunately, I had neither my iPhone nor my camera at the time!
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