An Owl Hunting in Monte Sano State Park
April 24th, 2008
Just as we arrived in the campground after the media reform event in Huntsville, what appears to be a barred owl [strix varia] flew after something in the next campsite. After finishing it’s meal on the ground, it napped in a tree while we got as close as possible for pictures. Unfortunately, the Monte Sano State Park does not have Wi-Fi, like many state parks in behind-the-times Alabama, so we are just now getting back online in Guntersville at a nice little coffee shop in the heart of the small town called Percasso’s. We’ll post more photos and have more to say about media reform later, after one more stop in the country near Asheville.
Tags: Birds of Alabama
April 25th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Gorgeous!
April 25th, 2008 at 7:40 am
By the way, “Monte Sano” means “Healthy Mountain.”
April 26th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
You should send that picture in to the 2009 Outdoor Alabama Photo contest. For more info go to http://www.outdooralabama.com Thats a great shot
April 26th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Thanks. Maybe I will : )
April 27th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Hi Glynn — really enjoy the bird photos. i’m not an official bird watcher but enjoy spotting birds around the farm. my wife has about a dozen feeding stations in the yard — saw a red, white and black bird yesterday — fairly large, really a beaut. have to get the book out and identify it. owl shot was great — looked like you could stare right at him. guess it was digesting whatever it had caught and didnt care about anything else when you caught it. ivan
April 27th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Thanks Ivan. You may have seen a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. We get them here every year during the spring migration, but I’ve only seen one this year, yesterday.
Did it look like this?
http://blog.locustfork.net/index.php/birds-of-alabama/a-rose-breasted/