Sandy Quadros Bowles
Special to the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle
SUTTON — Kerrie Randell was sitting on her backyard patio in Sutton on April 20, a strong wind whirling around her, when she heard a crash.
She realized she likely heard tree limbs falling outside her home, which is on Central Turnpike near the Northbridge line. She decided to take a closer look.
What she found stunned her.
At the base of the tree sat a great horned owlet, staring right at her, surrounded by the ruins of its nest.
“It was absolutely amazing,’’ she said.
The bird was still in its down feathers, too young yet for its body feathers to grow in, and appeared soft and fuzzy.