I recently came across this article entitled “When Owls Attack: These Birds Are Not Always Just Wise And Old” by Don Corrigan in our local newspaper called the Webster-Kirkwood Times and afterwards, I started to get a little excited. You see in the story, they talked about owls nests being found in several of our local parks including Emmenegger and Powder Valley Nature Centers. Well, these are both places I go to take pictures, so maybe.
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So a couple of weeks ago I got this e-mail from the Missouri Department of Conservation about their annual Owl Prowl and when I read it, it reminded me of all the times my kids and I went on that adventure. I have some really great memories from that event over the years.
If you need any proof of what nature can do for you, you can also check out this article entitled “Never Lose Touch” in the July 2021 edition of the Missouri Conservationist.
For me, that proof came one night a few years ago, when we were stepping out of our family car after just getting home and we suddenly heard this owl in the distance. I responded just like we were taught back than and low and behold, the owl replied back. After a short conversation, we went inside. That memory is priceless.
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So every Tuesday I go down to the local newspaper/magazine stand on my lunch hour call World News to pick up the New York Times just to read the science section. Well this week it turned out to have a really sweet story that reminded me of the days I use to take my kids on what is called the Owl Prowl, courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation.
The article is entitled “Barry the Owl Brought Us Together. What Will We Do Without Her?” by Michiko Kakutan over at the New York Times. We use to have so much fun doing those over the years. I think we still have a Christmas ornament that one of my kids made during one of events.
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Back when my kids were young, we use to do what was called an Owl Prowl with the Missouri Department of Conservation. So over the years I’ve come to really appreciate Owls. In fact, a few years ago at home, I actually had a conversation with an Owl. If you’ve heard this story before, then just jump ahead.
First the Owl did it’s usual call, then taking what I learned at the Owl Prowl’s, I responded. Then the owl replied, then I answered, anyway you get the idea. So this article touched my heart when read it.
The article is entitled “Firefighters save great horned owl from ashes of California wildfire” byMary Jo DiLonardo over at Mother Nature Network. Whooo doesn’t love a great owl story?!
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So a couple of weeks ago I wrote the post Owl prowl in the front yard and the neat thing was, the owl came back a couple of nights later but I decided not to post about it. Well, I came across this article today in the Missouri Conservationist and I thought, why not? So tonight’s article is entitled “The Eastern Screech-Owl ” by Angie Morfeld and is about what else, owls!
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So tonight’s posting is really a story but one in which my daughter and I were involved with. When the kids were younger, I use to take them to what was called an Owl Prowl, courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation and it usually happened around this time of year. The link above is for the one in St. Louis next weekend.
Well, last night my daughter and I had just come home from running some errands when we heard an owl across the street. Rather than go inside the house we stood there for a minute and then I made an attempt to repeat the owl’s call. Within a minute, the owl returned my call and back and forth we went for several minutes.
My daughter also made a couple of calls as well and needless to say, we both had a great time. A few minutes later however, it was over. We tried to see if we could spot the owl and thought we might have but we weren’t sure. All in all, it was a pretty cool owl prowl right there in the front yard.
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So in honor of the snowy Christmas we had, I thought I would post this nice article about a Snowy Owl that was spotted here in West Alton and where she sat for over six hours as bird watchers took pictures.
The article is entitled “Snowy Owl Sightings Bring Out the Bird Paparazzi in St. Louis” by Eric Heffernan over in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Scroll down to the bottom of the article and there are a ton of really cool pictures.
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Unfortunately we didn’t make the Owl Prowl this year but I did come across this article on Owls tonight as I was cleaning out old copies of the Science Times (from the New York Times) from my closet.
It also reminded me of an earlier post I did a couple of months ago on Owls in Russia entitled Owl Prowl Time. This article, entitled “The Owl Comes Into Its Own” by Natalie Angier over at the New York Times, is about the work of the Global Owl Project. Now, back to our regularly scheduled cleaning.
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When the kids were younger, we use to go to Missouri Department of Conservation’s Owl Prowl (see page four of the handout for more information). In fact, I was thinking we might go again this year but we’ll see.
When I saw this article, it took me back to those times and good memories. The article is entitled “Get Wise to These Guys” by Gianne Brownell Mitic over at the Wall Street Journal. An owl prowl or owl safari as they calla it, in Siberia. How cool is that?!
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This being the weekend I don’t see my kids has led me to do a lot of reflection on our time spent together. In fact, just this week I was going through my Conservation Connections Newsletter (for nature events in the St. Louis area) that I get online from the Missouri Department of Conservation and I recognized one of the events, the Owl Prowl, which the kids and I have done several times over the years.
Something else I recently came across, the article “The Frog Who Fell Through Time” by Richard Louv, also took me back but to my childhood instead of theirs and the times I spent in my neighborhood woods with my friends. We spent hours out there and I have some of my best memories of my childhood from my time out in the woods.
So imagine my surprise when I saw this article, “Four in Five Children Are Not ‘Connected to Nature’“. I was troubled to say the least , granted that this study was done in the U.K., it’s still worrisome. Just a couple of weeks ago though, the kids and I spent the best time at one of our local favorites, Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, where we’ve done some of our Owl Prowls.
Chow for now!
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