Monday, September 29, 2008

Rare Bird Alert !!!!

Oil on canvas 9x12

In 2005 the word travelled fast.  There was a Boreal Owl in Central Park!  I went out to find it knowing that these birds stay back in the shadows of fir trees, and it might be difficult to locate it.  I had seen one in Alaska where they were supposed to be (as well as the rest of the Great Piney Woods that circles the globe up North) .  How this bird got this lost I have no idea, but it can't be good.  Anyway, there was no need to worry about finding him.  All I had to do was look for was a huge crowd of bird watchers, and there he was.  Not as exciting as finding one yourself in their home territory.

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