Two weeks ago, toward the end of the Phenology & Photography workshop at Ryerson Woods, a few fellow photographers and I had the opportunity to photograph the Lake County Forest Preserves’ rescued Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio), while he was perched on the hand of an Environmental Educator.
Sadly, the owl passed away earlier this week. A brief story of how this Screech Owl was found and rescued, and how it came to live at Ryerson Woods, was written up by Jen Berlinghof on the Lake County Nature blog. It is both a sad and neat story, and I am glad I had the opportunity, albeit brief, to photograph this owl.
