Did this owl rat me out?
I went out for a very, very short hunt yesterday morning. Promised the wife I’d leave the woods by 9:30. As it was getting light, an owl landed in a tree just above my spot, looked at me, then flew off. About 20 minutes later, when it was fully light, it returned. It looked at me again, and did it’s little hoot sequence. Then, it flew to another tree about 30 yards away and did the same hoot sequence. It continued to do this…stopping every 30 yards and hooting…in a 100 yard circular perimeter around ME.
I thought, “Are you really ratting me out, bud, after I was admiring your silent flying ability???” Punk!