Barry The Central Park Owl, RIP

[mso489]

Barry is a she, and she was an owl, recently deceased from a collision with a maintenance vehicle, but her passing was noted with a full page obituary in The New York Times. Barry arrived in Central Park and immediately commanded an entourage of admirers eager to be outside despite the pandemic. She had a favorite tree, and when she headed out to hunt in the evening, she would perch from porch to porch waiting for her entourage of humans to keep up. The admirers all came to know each other and kept up with Barry both in person and on devices. Someone compared her face to s cinnamon bun, and everyone responded to her direct eye contact and obvious enjoyment of human admirers. Barry is dead; long live Barry.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Damned maintenance drivers!

Regards,

Jay.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

I love owls. They are super interesting from a biology aspect and super beautiful.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

We are lucky enough to have an owl and a huge hawk in our neighborhood. From my bench, I can see outside to an electrical line, where at any point in the day there will be one or the other perched and watching for dinner.

 

[mso489]

An owl took up nesting in the ravine across the street but only stayed a short time. We loved to hear him or her after dark and missed it when it left. I had a friend who had a tiny species of owl as a pet for years.

 

[philobeddoe]

That’s too bad, owls are tremendous at keeping the mouse population in check. I haven’t ever seen an owl or evidence of one on my property, but we do have a red tailed hawk who considers our land part of his or her range. Every spring we have squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks, by Autumn, the little furry critters are mostly gone; circle of life and all that!

 

[pepesdad1]

Owls and hawks are great people! Got several of each that cruise my property hunting for breakfast or dinner.

 

[Bluemonter]

Barry may have gotten too fat from eating all those rats in the park and couldn't get enough lift to get over that truck that hit her.

 

[didimauw]

I used to think seeing a hawk was exciting. Now I see them everywhere. Then I used to think bald eagles were exciting to see, now I've seen more and more.

Currently the owls are the most exciting to see for me. Hardly ever find em up in Wisconsin.

RIP Barry.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Maintenance vehicles and champagne corks are an owl's natural predators.