Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

April 24, 2021

More on the Monday Mystery

On Monday I wrote about a bird strike — a toughie in more ways than one. A friend writes:

Bird crashed through 2nd-floor barn window. Thick old double pane. Left the feathers and a little bit of blood.

Glass exploded everywhere. Shards of glass 30 feet away. (The bird was never found.)

Any idea what type of bird?

We had a few replies, though nothing definitive — from Barn Owl to Red-tail. I failed to say that barn is in Allendale. That would have made the Barn Owl theory less likely, I can't remember of any Barn Owl sightings in recent memory in Allendale…

Although Allendale, Mich. does have a road called Barn Owl Lane…