Toward Ecosophy

I'm not sure if this is in your wheelhouse JMG or if it's more one for others here, but any thought would be appreciated :)

My newborn has recently started 'cooing'.
Not long after he started, I said to him 'oh you sound like a little owl'.
The same night my husband called out to me to quickly come out to the back yard. When I did he pointed to a large owl perched on our clothesline.
We've lived in the same house for a number of years and have never seen an owl like that before - so it feels quite meaningful to me and I can't stop thinking about what it might mean.

Birds seem to be the dominant symbols in my life (or the ones that I notice). I had a few fly directly in my path last year right before I received very bad news. I also saw crows pretty much everywhere while I was pregnant - a couple that were in my front yard almost every day.

So does anyone have any guesses/interpretations on what the owl might mean?

Also, does anyone have any recommendations for learning more about birds and their symbolism?

Symbolic thinking is not my forte - the tarot and I are not friends (yet!)