Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Welcome!

Hello, everyone!

This blog is a way overdue and I thank those longtime readers and other patient folks for their dedication, patience and encouragment.

I may not be as ready as I like but it is time to take my ever-growing e-mail distribution list and go wider with a blog to which I can refer people and has an interactive medium happening.

To briefly summarize before detailed histories are written, I have been watching a mated pair of Great Horned Owls in Forest Park for over three years. I have dubbed this pair Charles and Sarah (stories behind their names to follow). My time with these owls provides me with an new interpretation of ESL. Instead of English as a Second Language, ESL means to me: Experience, Skill, Luck. With a healthy helping of ESL I have seen these owls: perch, stretch, groom, hoot, duet, mate, fly, stretch, hunt, incubate eggs, raise youngsters, and more. I hope to flesh out this information and describe in great detail the amazing doings of Charles and Sarah!
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 4, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    Congrats for taking the blogging plunge! I'm sure your readership will grow (at least by one as I am now a follower). Keep it up.
    Ben

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  2. MarkApril 4, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    Many thanks, Ben! -Mark.

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  3. LaurenApril 7, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    Congrats, Mark! I thought of you when a small screech owl inhabited my garage for a few weeks. Hope all is well in StL. -Lauren

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  4. MarkApril 8, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    Many thanks, Lauren!! Thanks for thinking of me when you had the owl in your garage-how cool to have one so close. Hope all is good out west! -Mark

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  5. JulieApril 10, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    Hey Mark! Long time no see; I haven't made it over to the park lately but I've been wondering what the owls were up to.

    Glad to see you've got a blog to track your owl adventures... I'll be checking back often. You've got a unique and wonderful relationship with these birds.

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  6. MarkApril 12, 2009 at 8:44 AM

    Many thanks for the kind words, Julie. I hope to see you in the park sometime soon! Good luck with the remainder of the semester-Mark.

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