Barred Owls of Lake BeverlyBarred Owls of Lake Beverly By Robert Strickland
Back a few year ago when I first moved to the area, I was walking in the park with my camera and one of the locals that walk there every day asked me “did you see the owls” At this time I had no idea there were any owls there. I said “no I did not realize there were any in the park” He went on to tell me he hears quite often as he is walking through the park. With that in mind I went back to the park the next morning early to see if I could find them, I looked around where the gentlemen from the previous day told me where he sees them but I could not find them. Then a walker walking her dog came by and said “did you see the owls” and I reluctantly said ”no I did not find them”, she kind of gave me a weird look as if to say they are right there. She said “look up there”, I looked up where she was pointing and there they were my first sighting of the Barred Owls from Lake Beverly. Since that day I have seen them many times up high down low, I have taken many photos of them but one day stands out from all the rest when I saw them close up for the first
The morning was very quiet as I walked down through the park nearing the far end of the paved trails, then suddenly; I heard a distinct hoot of a Barred Owl. I knew that call from my day’s turkey hunting in upstate New York. I immediately turned around and headed back to where I heard the hooting. As I approached the wooded area across from Lake Beverly, I heard more hooting so I moved as quietly as I could up to trail to see if I could observe the owls and get some photos. As I approached the calling owl, I stopped suddenly and froze as there was one right there on the branch with Spanish moss hanging all over it. I clicked off many photos, as this was my first encounter with an owl. After shooting the photos of what I though was one owl, I moved around the tree to see if I had any other pose of the first owl and to my surprise I saw two Barred Owls together on a branch that looked to me as they were on a swing. Since that time I have had many opportunities to photograph them if you can find them. That first encounter they hooted, but there are many days when you go to park that you just cannot find them. They don’t hoot, meaning their asleep somewhere high in the trees. You can walk all over the park and will not find them. Other times they are in public view near the walking path and the walkers see them and pass on the locations. Once you zero in you are provided many photographic opportunities. The Barred Owls have become familiar with people walking the trails throughout the wooded area that they just sit on their roosts and let the people walk on by. They realize they are in a protected area and will not be bothered. Many times you can go down to the park and you will hear them hooting to each other from a distance. Then you will hear that distinct interaction call where the two owls have gotten together. The Interaction call is very loud and distinct that you can’t miss it. It goes on for quite some time, if you hear that you know that they are together and you can close in and get setup for some action shots. The Lake Beverly Barred Owls are so accustomed to the many people who walk the trails each and every day which makes them fairly easy to photography if you can find them.
I learned a lot over the years photographing the Barred Owls, how they react to each other, how they react to people and pets, How they react to the gathering of people at the park, at the pool and even at the events they have in the park, making it a remarkable and pleasurable place to go capture some beauties of nature, “The Barred Owls of Lake Beverly”.
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