{"id":358,"date":"2020-03-24T19:05:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2020-03-24T19:05:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:05:15","slug":"barred-owl-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/barred-owl-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Barred Owl on the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Barred Owl on the Road<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nlooked like a rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>until\nit swiveled its head,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>yellow eyes looking at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nwas sitting on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the\nside of the road, its drab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>wings\nbrushing the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nleaned down to pick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it\nup, its talons softly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>grabbed\nmy arm, its<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>barred\nwings fluttered <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in\nthe wind of the passing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cars.&nbsp; It clung to my arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\ntried to cover it with a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bag.&nbsp; It flew instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plum\nTree Tavern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; summer\n2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barred Owl on the Road It looked like a rock until it swiveled its head, yellow eyes looking at me. It was sitting on the side of the road, its drab wings brushing the ground. I leaned down to pick it up, its talons softly grabbed my arm, its barred wings fluttered in the wind&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/barred-owl-on-the-road\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Barred Owl on the Road<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}