Walking around my own property, I didn't see any birds other than the
summer residents. Carrying nesting material (yellow warbler) advertising
for mates (brown thrasher) sitting on nests (e phoebe) or feeding young
(ah, starlings).

Looking for something new, late yesterday, I went to N. Chagrin
Reservation, where
too I saw only resident birds.  But I did get a rare opportunity to
watch a
barred owl waking from his slumbers and starting to hunt. He fluttered
down to tangle only ten feet from the ground, and sat preening for half
an hour, accompanied by a solitary robin, constantly giving a shrill
alarm call,  Twice, he even swiped at the barred's back, to no effect.

The owl was hunting over a small clearing in the woods....hunched
forward,
investigating every interesting movement and occasionally changing
perches.

I left him, still hunting, after an hour.  This spot is on the trail
behind the
arboretum, where I have heard barreds calling before.

Inga Schmidt

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