Some of the owl species to be found in New York City are the saw whet owl, the great horned owl, the screech owl, the snowy owl, the barred owl, the long-eared owl, the short-eared owl, and the barn owl. One barn owl nest in Jamaica Bay after housing a couple for one year was cleared of the remains of 546 house mice, 234 Norway rats, and 1,947 meadow voles. Vandalism of nesting boxes had prevented successful owl programs in city parks, where they would control the rat population. You're unlikely to actually see an owl, unless you go birding at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge or to see the screech owls in Central Park.
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But speaking of vandalism, I was sad to find a missing Arago in the courtyard of the Louvre. I guess the work will become more virtual with time.
Unfortunately my new camera recently broke (don't know why), so I couldn't document it, but here's some info.
The work:
http://www.amb-pays-bas.fr/ambassade/pcz/arago.htm
A map:
http://www.kunstgeografie.nl/dibbets.2.htm
More evidence of missing Aragos:
http://www.insolite.asso.fr/plateforme/RLC-014.htm
PS: Tracy Rolling, you *must* enable HTML in your comments.
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