Barn owl

The Hanglands.Considering they are very lightweight, these beauties have a very large wingspan. A Poem,

 

Take me noble Owl on your fenland patrols

passing silently over woods and fields

in search of mice and voles

Your hearing so acute you can pinpoint hidden prey

and eyes so sensitive that the blackest nights are the clearest days

I would love to ride with you owl

and be carried by silent wings

to observe your stealthy hunting

and see what your cunning brings

And join you as you plummet swiftly to snatch a meal from the ground

the stalk descent and rapid kill made without a sound

After your moonlit sorties owl you return to shrouded bough or barn

to rest until the next sunset when you fly again over crops and farms

Lord of the twilight hours I am drawn like a magnet to thee

you are my prince of darkness owl the wise bird I always long to see.

 

Done