We have owls on our land. The only time you can hear them is when they flap their wings, just before alighting or hunting downwards. Otherwise, you have to just sense their presence. Sometimes I’ll sense one above me. When you do, you have to not look at them too quickly, but turn slowly, from your being, and behold one another (it becomes an I-owl, I

-thou moment between the two of you, if you do it right). I’ve gotten to see several this way, and we saw one another presence to presence. Happened again this evening. Owls reflect and participate in a special part of God. I love encountering them!