Sherry Chandler

The Owl Pages

Once, some years ago, I suggested to my husband that we might want to sell up our Bourbon County farm and move to say, Shelby, where we could probably get some more wooded land, more secluded, and also, just coincidentally, be closer to Louisville where so much of our artistic life centers.

I expected all kinds of resistence along the lines of “this land has been in my family since Michael Stoner was a pup.” But no. What he did was ask a question. “And leave the owls?”

End of argument. The hoot owls in question have been on our farm as long as I can remember, which is at least a quarter of a century. It is always a joy somehow to hear them in the hour just before dawn, calling probably to scare up prey, maybe talking to one another. We see pellets from time to time. I saw one of them, once. They sound like this.

We are not the only people in the world who like owls. I find endless fascination in The Owl Pages , where you can find everything from owl mythology to a gallery of owl tattoos.

This is a very interactive page. Folk around the world send photos, some highly dramatic. You can also sign up for a variety of newsletters and fora to keep up with the latest owl activity. The latest owl news, for example, tells me that

Australian Sound recordist and wildlife ecologist Ed McNabb has produced a new Compact Disc of Nocturnal nature sounds called “Nightlife of Australia - South-eastern Forests”. Among the 53 sound recordings you will find the Powerful Owl, Barking owl, Southern Boobook owl, Greater Sooty Owl, Masked Owl, and Barn Owl. For more details and an order form, you can visit his website at http://www.ninoxpursuits.com.au

Or you can just visit the Owls News aggregator.

Some aspects of globalization are more attractive than others.

(What ever became of the term “global village”?)

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