Win an Edward Lear Eagle Owl Print from the Sumptuous New Book ‘Birds Drawn for John Gould’

We just heard a talk at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History given by Wendy Wasman, CMNH librarian. This would be a welcome addition tohang on our walls with birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.

There is an elusive owl that frequents our courtyard in the evenings when it is dark outside. We can hear its hoot, but we can never see it. My husband has nicknamed it "Hooter". We don't let our cat, Max, outside at night because we are afraid Hooter will eat Max, not the other way around! I imagine Hooter looking like the owl in Lear's plate.

I banded saw-whet owls with my daughter at midnight in a reserve and it was one of the highlights of my life. Owls are spectacular creatures.

I am a third grade teacher who has been teaching my classes about owls for several years. We study different owls and write booklets about them along with dioramas and they make fabric owls. This is after we have gotten up close at a local nature center that does owl presentations and owl pellet dissection. My class would love this in our classroom.