A SUBURBAN ESTATE 



dark bushes near the nest. This, however, was the 

 largest bird I have 

 known a tawny 

 owl to take. 



The note of the 

 tawny owl is a 

 sound I dearly 

 love to hear. It 

 is associated with 

 the more wilder 

 woods of this 

 country that I 

 have roamed in ; 

 and to hear it 

 night after night 

 as I do, in our 

 northern suburbs, 

 makesone wonder 

 how much longer 

 these few remain- 

 ing wild parts 

 near to London 

 will remain un- 

 spoiled by the 

 inevitable specu- 

 lative builder. 

 These birds often 

 keep me awake SITE OF TAWNY OWL'S NEST 



