Berly McCoy

So what's the best way to call a barred owl?

So what's the best way to call a barred owl?

So what's the best way to call a barred owl?

Matt learned how to do this while prowling for owls during the Great American Campout. What is that? It's this nationwide campaign that happens every June to get people outdoors in a safe way. And this was a really common theme among the naturalists. They're all involved with some kind of community work. Anna Kahanui is the co-founder of the DC-based nonprofit Capital Nature.

Matt learned how to do this while prowling for owls during the Great American Campout. What is that? It's this nationwide campaign that happens every June to get people outdoors in a safe way. And this was a really common theme among the naturalists. They're all involved with some kind of community work. Anna Kahanui is the co-founder of the DC-based nonprofit Capital Nature.

Matt learned how to do this while prowling for owls during the Great American Campout. What is that? It's this nationwide campaign that happens every June to get people outdoors in a safe way. And this was a really common theme among the naturalists. They're all involved with some kind of community work. Anna Kahanui is the co-founder of the DC-based nonprofit Capital Nature.

I found her crouched over a log inches from the dirt taking a picture with her iPhone.

I found her crouched over a log inches from the dirt taking a picture with her iPhone.

I found her crouched over a log inches from the dirt taking a picture with her iPhone.

There's fungi that are jellied?

There's fungi that are jellied?

There's fungi that are jellied?

It looks like slime. So you got Matt making owl calls in the background, Anna face in the dirt showing me her iNaturalist.

It looks like slime. So you got Matt making owl calls in the background, Anna face in the dirt showing me her iNaturalist.

It looks like slime. So you got Matt making owl calls in the background, Anna face in the dirt showing me her iNaturalist.

Well, you have 5,107 observations. I do make a lot of observations. Wow.

Well, you have 5,107 observations. I do make a lot of observations. Wow.

Well, you have 5,107 observations. I do make a lot of observations. Wow.

Yeah. I have, I don't know, a few dozen, but I have realized that learning to identify and name and even just notice the life forms around me is one of the best ways to deepen your relationship to land and to nature. Anna says you can also look up a bird count or some other bio blitz in your area. That's what they call like these nature searches.

Yeah. I have, I don't know, a few dozen, but I have realized that learning to identify and name and even just notice the life forms around me is one of the best ways to deepen your relationship to land and to nature. Anna says you can also look up a bird count or some other bio blitz in your area. That's what they call like these nature searches.