Quote Originally Posted by William Clough View Post
Having been enroled in the" Young ornithologist club"at the age of 8 (complete with a metal eagle shaped YOC badge),my Barn owl sightings have been very poor.Today i was treated to a 2 minute display of swooping floating effortless flying.I can honestly say it was one of the most beautiful things i have seen.
They are beautiful aren't they? Similar experience to you...Mum is a Dr of Zoology and I've spent most of my early life on nature walks. However, until last year I hadn't seen a barn owl since my teens. Saw one being mobbed by crows at about 4pm last summer and it ducked down to escape and flew alongside my car for about a minute. I was so excited I nearly drove through a hedge. Then last weekend I saw one hunting at night and watched that for about a minute too. They are are so ghostly and gorgeous. I feel very privileged to have had those experiences.