There had come new birds (above) that flew and rest on the plants near our house. They search for worms, a true sense of a bird as seen on books and television. The old birds that fly through our house were house birds (maya) that look for seeds and rice spilled around, had always been there and were always the subject of anop (hunting) during the summer time (from March to April) when they are many. The adults have their air gun while they young ones have there stones and palsiit (blowgun/slingshot). Others put up patit (traps).

There is another type of bird which is hard to find but were good for hunting, they call it . It is a black bird (smaller than ravens) with two feathers of white on each wing and can only be seen while they are flying. They catch these birds not for eating but to train the bird to speak like a parrot. But for it to speak, the tongue have to be pruned at the tip to make it rounder. People are saying they really can learn.

I saw on television that more owls are being turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Protected Areas Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Services (DENR-PAWCZMS) of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Chief Teber Dionision. Last week another owl was salvaged for it can no longer fly. It was found along the road in Baguio City, The first owl submitted a week earlier died from its wounds and fractures.

There was one time I was fetching clothes dried outside under the sun and it was midnight, I was looking out for ghost and scary things when a white thing hover over my head. I was scared but I collected all the clothes Before I went inside. Nights later, I learned that owls fly through the night looking for small moving animals (rats and chicks). So they were the big birds that scare me during the dusk.

Unlucky for one, it got stoned by one curious nephew of mine. It got hit by the wing and was unable to fly. They were playing with it when someone asked them to tend it for they help eradicate pesty rats. It died from that wound, they were sorry for it, and now you cannot see owls roam at night.