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A barn owl is perched on top of it, mean-mugging guests as they pass.

Nuthatches, warblers, sparrows, and the occasional wood dove—perfectly acceptable birds all, to be sure, but where were the sage and mysterious owls?

“My sense of smell may not be up to the job, but my hearing is as keen as an owl’s,” Penelope thought, still riding blindly.

"They say wildcats live on voles. Well, voles are feeding my barn owls so if you reduce the vole population you are having an effect on the barn owls," he explained.