From Howard Wu
I couldn’t believe my luck – the first owl l’ve photographed in the Pacific Northwest and it’s a new one for me: Northern Pygmy-owl!
It landed in a tree right in front of me. would not have found it had I not seen it landing - they are very small, as their name suggests, and pretty well camouflaged in the moss-draped trees.
It may have taken me years trying to find one, but this one just popped up out of nowhere, totally unexpected!
Snohomish County, WA
Now that it’s been getting dark while I’m driving, I see all these birds swooping across the road in the shadows and I keep wondering if one is a Screech Owl. This guy is even tinier, so they’ve got to be ready to write them off as some random bird if you aren’t thinking about it.
I saw a beautiful barn owl the other night - swooping out of sight. I heard nothing. As usual.