As one of my children used to pronounce it. I had been at the bay with my camera late one afternoon in early December. I was about to go inside, and this owl swooped silently into a tree right beside the house. Pretty unusual to see one so close and in daylight. This seems to be the species known as the barred owl. We have a lot of them around here, and you can hear them frequently at night, and sometimes during the day. I have occasionally, while walking at night, seen one staring down at me from a telephone line, which is slightly spooky. Once I stopped and stared back for a long time, until finally it flew away.
Correction: VERY spooky. Especially when you don't notice it's there until you're right underneath it.
Posted by: Will | 01/21/2013 at 03:39 PM
No argument there, although personally I would reserve VERY spooky for hearing a fox scream unexpectedly from not very far away
Posted by: Mac | 01/21/2013 at 04:24 PM