My desire to see an owl began with reading Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen to my children. It’s been fulfilled in my neighborhood wanderings in the suburbs of Albany, NY: a pair of Great Horned; a trio of baby Saw Whets; a Barred Owl. We hear a Screech Owl in the dark of early morning, but have never seen one. To anyone who has any association with young children, I recommend reading Owl Moon with them.