Awww....I wish the owl had survived. He was cute.
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Hundreds gather for Barry the barred owl's vigil in Central Park
David Lei is known for taking photos of Barry, a beloved barred owl who made her home in Central Park in October of 2020. On Friday, the owl died after a collision with a Central Park Conservancy maintenance vehicle.
“For those of you who've not spent a lot of time with wildlife before, it’s a little bit like losing a loved one,” said Lei. “The owl isn’t something that we often get here.”
Barry had quite the following. On Monday, hundreds showed up for a vigil by the barred owl’s favorite tree near the Boathouse in the Ramble to honor the wildlife that they said became their friend.
“On a daily basis, people know this owl and she knows us,” said birder Wendy Jacobson. “It was a very special relationship that is sort of unique, maybe a once in a lifetime sort of relationship that you can have with a wild animal that pays attention to you.”
Birders we spoke with said they believed Barry loved the attention from its followers. They said she was able to teach people about a part of Central Park that is often overlooked.
“I think a lot of people got to know nature in Central Park rather than some place just to ride through in a taxi cab or some place to just ride around in a loop — that there is a wildlife here and it’s very special,” said Jacobson.
But more importantly, those at the vigil said Barry a community of people together, especially throughout these tough times.
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