Date: 11/6/24 5:09 pm From: Daniel Mason <millipede1977...> Subject: barn owl
It's so weird that it's not the barn owl anymore, but the American barn owl. Changes... blah. HA. I think it was about a year ago, my son and I were camping in the yard and heard a barn owl at least a couple nights. Got a recording of it one night. Well last night, I went outside and stood on the back porch to make a phone call. While I was on the phone, there was one calling through the neighborhood. It's a big neighborhood. I think one neighbor has an acre, and almost every other home in the area has more, with the average at least 5 acres. A good amount of space, some farms and barns more or less nearby, and the Ozark National Forest right on the other side of the Illinois River. Is it living in a building? A tree cavity? I couldn't say. But, we obviously still have one around. If I had a TON of free time, I'd investigate more. I'd love to find one in the daytime and get a good picture... but, it's exciting just knowing they're around.
