tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282687.post115475787108503867..comments2023-12-22T07:56:33.132-05:00Comments on NYC Nova Hunter: Central Park: Eastern Screech-Owl 4-AugBen C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17599080047862977600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282687.post-10314481119738690562009-01-17T09:51:00.000-05:002009-01-17T09:51:00.000-05:00Hello,Looking back three years time, we know the f...Hello,<BR/><BR/>Looking back three years time, we know the following...(a) the owl in the photo had a partially red feather on its breast/upper abdomen - nothing pernicious about that - or unusual. (b) Screech-owls bred in 2006 (but did not fledge young since one of the adults was killed); in 2007 they had 5 young but three were removed (but then returned to the park); and in 2008 they bred againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282687.post-1154801145695376532006-08-05T14:05:00.000-04:002006-08-05T14:05:00.000-04:00The reddish thing on the breast of this owl may be...The reddish thing on the breast of this owl may be her symbolic scarlet letter. It is not, however,an A for adultery, as in the Hawthorne story, but a B for bloody murder.<BR/><BR/> The red-phase Screech Owl that used to roost near the Riviera bench was found dead last winter and sent to the wildlife pathology lab for analysis. Ward Stone found multiple lacerations on the dead owl's body and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com