Last evening I headed out to More Mesa in hopes of finding a Barn Owl. In the past I have found this to be a good location for this species.
I arrived about an hour before sunset. This gave me some time to make a circuit of the open space and observe the daytime birds as they wound down their day. I enjoyed watching a White-tailed Kite successfully hunting for dinner.
As night began to fall, at least a couple hundred noisy crows arrived to spend the night in a large communal roost. I was pleasantly surprised to see a huge yellow moon rising over the horizon.
There were no owls to be seen tonight. Perhaps it was the strong light from the moon - in past outings here the owls would not come out until it was quite dark.
I rode home in the dark, something I rarely do. It was quite enjoyable and there was very little traffic - but I did get delayed a bit waiting for a skunk to get off the bike path.
A few photos from this evening
After today the year's total still stands at 228.
I arrived about an hour before sunset. This gave me some time to make a circuit of the open space and observe the daytime birds as they wound down their day. I enjoyed watching a White-tailed Kite successfully hunting for dinner.
As night began to fall, at least a couple hundred noisy crows arrived to spend the night in a large communal roost. I was pleasantly surprised to see a huge yellow moon rising over the horizon.
There were no owls to be seen tonight. Perhaps it was the strong light from the moon - in past outings here the owls would not come out until it was quite dark.
I rode home in the dark, something I rarely do. It was quite enjoyable and there was very little traffic - but I did get delayed a bit waiting for a skunk to get off the bike path.
A few photos from this evening
White-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite - hovering
White-tailed Kite
After today the year's total still stands at 228.
Today I rode a total of 17.8 miles
More later,
Glenn
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