Show hoot owl a noble bird and Is 13 farmers helper in the dusk of evening up and down clown the wooded valleys of our midwest streams and creeks can be heard the eerie weird call of the lon long geared eared or hoot owl observes a writer in our dumb animals he ile is liable to be heard any time of year but oft enest in summer or autumn he Is a noble bird and man s friend he ile usually has his nest in the forks and hollows of large trees and because of his nocturnal habits and unobtrusive ways he be should survive many more decades his prey consists largely of f field mice and chipmunks which are very destructive tive to fresh planted corn yet where the owl is these pests are scarce he ile will occasionally get young groundhogs and this trait should entitle him to protection he Is also a good weather prophet if several of his kind take turns at call ing and appear to be answering each other from different points up and down domn the creek creel during the evening and their calls are a little louder than common a rain is not far off |