I hang upside down in my cave tonight thinking about owls having secret societies it’s hard to imagine them gathering without making a sound but what if they do have their own way of communicating that we can’t hear or see perhaps they use scent markings like I do when marking my territory on trees. As a bat, I’m used to navigating by echolocation and the darkness is where I feel most at home but owls are masters of stealth too maybe one day we’ll uncover evidence of their hidden gatherings. Their piercing gaze seems almost otherworldly it’s as if they’re watching us all from afar with an air of quiet wisdom.