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Boobook Owl
Second photo of the owl posted yesterday. Once the shutter went off the second time it decided we should part company.
Southern boobook owl. Ninox boobook
The maximum age recorded from banding has been 15 years 11 months, in a bird caught and later caught again on Black Mountain in the Australian Capital Territory.
Across Australia, breeding takes place anywhere from July to February, though peaks in October, and is generally earlier in more northern areas.
The southern boobook nests in holes in trees between one and twenty metres above the ground. The holes are generally vertical, and mostly in eucalypts, though other trees such as coast banksia are also used.
Some sites are reused by the species for up to 20 years, especially if broods have been successfully raised in them before. Boobooks may also evict other birds such as galahs to use their hollows, and have used sites abandoned by babblers, crows and ravens. The male does more of the site preparation, such as lining the base of the hollow with leaves.
Boobook Owl
Second photo of the owl posted yesterday. Once the shutter went off the second time it decided we should part company.
Southern boobook owl. Ninox boobook
The maximum age recorded from banding has been 15 years 11 months, in a bird caught and later caught again on Black Mountain in the Australian Capital Territory.
Across Australia, breeding takes place anywhere from July to February, though peaks in October, and is generally earlier in more northern areas.
The southern boobook nests in holes in trees between one and twenty metres above the ground. The holes are generally vertical, and mostly in eucalypts, though other trees such as coast banksia are also used.
Some sites are reused by the species for up to 20 years, especially if broods have been successfully raised in them before. Boobooks may also evict other birds such as galahs to use their hollows, and have used sites abandoned by babblers, crows and ravens. The male does more of the site preparation, such as lining the base of the hollow with leaves.