Coming into land
I read recently about an increasing problem with birds flying into windows and dying as a result, so much so that the problem has recently been addressed by such organisations as the RSPB, with the introduction of 'scarers' that are that are available to buy and attached to the inside of offending windows!!
Last night I had a kind of 'non event' experience in this vein, although thankfully not a catastrophic one. PG and I were watching tv, we live in a first floor flat and have windows the size and shape of the average door, at night we never close the blinds, there are no properties overlooking us so there is no need.
Late in the evening a movement at the window caught my eye, and against the black night sky I turned to see a barn owl flying directly at me....these things are big, it was over in a few seconds but for those seconds I held my breath, there was nothing I could do and no time to do anything in, save for move quickly in an attempt to scare it. It worked, or the bird suddenly saw sense and at the very last moment veered almost completely vertically and flew over the building!
What an amazing sight, this massive, beautiful white bird, flying directly at us, wings outstretched and in stark relief against the blackness of the sky. Over in a few seconds but in my minds eye forever.
7 Comments:
They are such beautiful birds, I've only ever seen one in the wild and that was in the distance being chased by magpies through the trees, it must have been amazing to see one so close :-)
Paul.
Brilliant how you managed to capture it on film as well...incredible!!!
From Guess who!
Lol.....I don't have to guess, a trace on your IP takes me straight to your office in the city :o)
....and less sarcasm you! lol, if I could take that pic in the time I had I wouldn't be working in a store! hehe.
Lol Lisa, it made me jump so Lord knows what it did for the owl! :o)
Spectacular!!!!
Looks like a barn owl, cool picture though.
There is a huge problem in Downtown Toronto at night with tons of birds flying into the office windows, which are no turned off.
Quite a shame!
Risky: It is a Barn owl.....it happens alot here but normally I have only seen it happen with smaller birds, it is such a shame.
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