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Short-eared Owl
© Harshith JV
This bird was high on our list during Hubli birding on December. I had planned to go solo from Bengaluru but happy that 2 of my friends were able to join to this trip from Bengaluru. I got 6 amazing lifers along with this one. This is one of the near-cosmopolitan species, i.e., its seen all around the world except Australia and Antartica continents. The population that migrate to India must be from Europe and USA sees a different population migrating there though same species/nominate sub-species as per Wikipedia.
Though we saw good number of individuals of this species, it was difficult to photograph this bird because of their superb camouflage that allow them to blend in any kind of green or grassy habitat. They even can hide in the trees which are not that thickly covered with leaves. Inspite of superb camouflage, they were very shy and used to flush out before we spot them. Finally found one individual that let us go this close for a long time. It was kind of sentinel I guess.
Thanks Kushal for a wonderful birding experience.
Common names: Short-eared Owl, Common Marsh Owl
Scientific name: Asio flammeus
Place: Hubli Outskirts, Karnataka, India
Date: December 02, 2018
File name: IMG_3185.cropped_enhanced.upload.JPG
Short-eared Owl
© Harshith JV
This bird was high on our list during Hubli birding on December. I had planned to go solo from Bengaluru but happy that 2 of my friends were able to join to this trip from Bengaluru. I got 6 amazing lifers along with this one. This is one of the near-cosmopolitan species, i.e., its seen all around the world except Australia and Antartica continents. The population that migrate to India must be from Europe and USA sees a different population migrating there though same species/nominate sub-species as per Wikipedia.
Though we saw good number of individuals of this species, it was difficult to photograph this bird because of their superb camouflage that allow them to blend in any kind of green or grassy habitat. They even can hide in the trees which are not that thickly covered with leaves. Inspite of superb camouflage, they were very shy and used to flush out before we spot them. Finally found one individual that let us go this close for a long time. It was kind of sentinel I guess.
Thanks Kushal for a wonderful birding experience.
Common names: Short-eared Owl, Common Marsh Owl
Scientific name: Asio flammeus
Place: Hubli Outskirts, Karnataka, India
Date: December 02, 2018
File name: IMG_3185.cropped_enhanced.upload.JPG