Community Corner

Turkeys, Deer, Cougars — Now Owls

El Cerrito shares its patch on Earth with a wide variety of wildlife, some of whom provoke unusual excitement when spotted in our midst. Thanks to Ian Billings for our first photos of an owl, or at least its silhouette.

Owls — unlike their distant feathered cousins, turkeys — are noctural creatures seldom seen by human eyes in El Cerrito. But luckily Ian Billings had his camera handy just before midnight Thursday evening when he spotted an owl perched on wires next to his El Cerrito home.


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