Owl takes rare daytime flight over Arboretum

By adamg on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 9:41am

Mathteacherjedi spotted a great horned owl in flight at the Arnold Arboretum yesterday morning.

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Comments

What an impressive shot!

By makeshift_vicinity on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 9:57am.

I've never seen the shape of a bird like that from underneath the chin, as it were - many pictures make it seem like owls have flat faces, but perhaps the feathers angle backward more when in flight?

Magoo sez

By MisterMagooForYou on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 12:58pm.

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Magoo who.
Magoo who who
Oh Magoo’s goodness! Magoo has transmogrified into an owl! Magoo.

They can't sleep anymore due

By anon on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 4:57pm.

They can't sleep anymore due to noise pollution (fireworks, loud music, roaring engines)!!

Who needs money when we got feathiz

By Chester J Lampwick on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 5:18am.

I got a great horned owl feather in the cemetery a few years ago. Impressive creatures.