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Today's Travel News
Monday, February 8, 2010
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Owl Prowl
By Judi Janofsky and Rich Steck
This is the first of a three-part series involving Wilderness Wildlife Week, an eight-day hiking and lecture event held each January in Pigeon Forge, TN. Searching for the elusive owl in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is always a difficult challenge. Doing it in 23-degree weather on snow-covered paths makes it an even more test of wills. On a normal night - and yes, the only way to spot these nocturnal birds is at night when they're on their prowl for food - the guides usually spot one about 10% of the time. With 12 of us announcing our arrival with each crunch on the snow, these birds would be even more difficult to spot.
We'd signed up to do this "Owl Prowl" as part of Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, an annual event that highlights the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the great outdoors. ...More
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