Great-Horned Owls

What we look for, what we see

Sometimes, when we go looking for something, we see it. Sometimes we find ourselves looking at something else. 

Recently, I read about the mating season of owls, and I went to the woods with the intent of seeing the commingling of Saw-Whet owls, which were purported to be there-about. I was listening so intently for their specific cry, I almost didn’t no…