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Limberlost Owls

4/21/2018

 
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One of Gene Stratton Porter's favorite birds was the screech owl. In Music of the Wild, she wrote "I love to hear the screech owl screech.....He is a friendly, social bird. Every winter he comes around the cabin hunting food, and he will answer my repetition of his calls until I become uncomfortable and close the window." 

The above picture is one of Gene's photos of a screech owl.  
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On April 9 2018, Rick Bergman, spotted a snowy owl in Adams County.  Almost two weeks later, he is still in the same area. This photograph is by Kimberley Roll.
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Photo by Randy Lehman of the snowy owl. He was often seen in the field or perched on or around a dirt clump.
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Photo of the snowy owl in flight by Randy Lehman. 
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One of the favorite owls this past winter was the short-eared owl. The Limberlost Swamp Wetland Preserve and the Loblolly Marsh make a good winter habitat for this owl. Photo by Kimberley Roll.


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Barred owl taken along the Wabash River in an area that Gene Stratton-Porter called Paradise on the Wabash. Photo by Randy Lehman.

Gene Stratton-Porter would be pleased to know that the owls of Limberlost are thriving. Screech owls can still be heard in the trees  of the Limberlost Cabin. Great horned owls can be heard at the Limberlost Swamp Wetland Preserve. The short-eared owls have been wintering at the Limberlost Swamp Wetland Preserve since 2011 and in 2018 we had a snowy owl visit Adams County.

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