On Throw Back Thursday:
January’s the month when great horned owls court and nest in southwestern Pennsylvania. If you hear them hooting, they’re planning to nest in your neighborhood.
Read more about their courtship and hear them hooting in this vintage article from 2010: Whoooo Said That?
p.s. Listen in South Oakland near the Anderson Bridge. The pair in Schenley Park will let you know they’re there. 🙂
(photo by Chuck Tague. The owl’s white throat feathers are showing because he’s hooting.)
On a different subject, do you know the plant called frostweed? If not, you might find it interesting; I just learned of it today. See
https://news.wildflower.org/the-frost-below/