Nature Done Wright

  A woman who reads my stuff in The Record e-mailed me to say that she had a great horned owl and two owlets just beyond her backyard along the Hackensack River.
   I was dubious, and it turns out I was right.
The owls were just beyond her neighbor’s backyard, just close enough to get good shots with telephoto lens and a muliplier.
   I tried to be as quiet as possible, and not stay too long,  and keep my distance.
    The video here probably makes it seem that I was even farther away than I was, but I wanted to make a point that it is not a good idea to go anywhere near nesting birds — or animals — to photograph them.
   The photo that begins the "Think Worms" video, for example, was taken from inside my house with a telephoto and a great deal of cropping…
   The great horned owl Mom was a very cool customer, as you’ll see from the video. She is, after all, at the top of the food chain.
   I am vague about the owlets’ location, just as a precaution.