STYGIAN OWL

STYGIAN OWL
Agosto 2009-08-19

Our guests had gone for a long walk, one afternoon meaning to be back at the Lodge a bit after night fall. I left them at the river bank. It was to be like a 4 miles walk. Having waited till it was really dark and they had not returned, we took the car, and took 2 torches so as to give to them, in case they had none and wanted to continue their walk. When we met them, they were in ecstasy having seen a couple of Long-tailed Nightjars flying over their heads for a few minutes, while they had a good look in the last evening lights. They proceeded on with their walk, all happy with their findings when a ‘swoosh’ went over their heads again. With their torch (a little one they were carrying, they saw the Stygian Owl. This owl had only one previous sighting in 1985 for the State of Rio de Janeiro, also in this region – it had been done by us! That night we had a glass of wine to celebrate this happening.