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Tawny Owl
There was also a parent bird present as well as three sisters of this one. Quite a dwarf I say!
Lehtopöllö, kissapöllön poikanen
Helsinki
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
I was deliberately keeping my distance from the Great Gray, but the bird amazed me by leaving the signpost from which it had been hunting in front of an adoring crowd, and then flying directly to a fence post right in front of me. I captured a few frames of the face, and then slowly backed up to get this vertical portrait.
While listening to Papa owl hoot, Mama owl started answering back. So I went back to her tree. Unlike Papa, she opened her beak while hooting. Both owls were hooting back and forth for several minutes. This usually means something is going on.
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
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STRIX 67 13-5776. Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II. Low level from Cad East, Mach Loop, Wales. _MG_2805
I was looking for a Great grey owl, which was seen yesterday.
Didn't find it but got this.
Lohtupöllö.
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
A bit of a thrill to have the owl fly in right in front of me and land about 12 feet away… and then a man and his dog came along and the owl flew up to a higher perch… which lasted another few minutes until the next person came along and then it relocated again….
The brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) is found in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, and south China. The brown wood owl is a resident breeder in south Asia. This species is a part of the family of owls known as typical owls (Strigidae), which contains most species of owl. It belongs to the earless owl genus Strix.
The brown wood owl is medium large (45–57 cm), with upperparts uniformly dark brown, with faint white spotting on the shoulders. The underparts are buff with brown streaking. The facial disc is brown or rufous, edged with white and without concentric barring, and the eyes are dark brown. There is a white neckband. The sexes are similar in appearance.
Their call is a (hoo) hoo hoo HOO, or a deep goke-goke-ga-LOOO, or a loud scream. Their alarm call is a bark, wow-wow. Some subspecies are known to produce distinct vocalizations; they are also different in appearance and parapatric, and might be distinct species: The northern Strix (leptogrammica) newarensis group (Himalayan wood-owl; present subspecies newarensis, ticehursti, laotiana and caligata) which occur from the Himalayan foothills of Kashmir east to Taiwan have a soft low to-hooh not unlike a rock dove cooing. S. , Javan wood-owl from Java, the southeasternmost taxon, has a loud, forceful, single HOOH! with long pauses between calls.
This species is highly nocturnal and is commonly found in dense forests. It can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is roosting in a tree. The diet of the brown wood owl consists mainly of small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_wood_owl
airplane noise bothered it, then followed by a crowd of tormentors, aka bluejays. No peace and quiet to hunt.
I think the Great Grey Owl lends itself nicely to a mono conversion.
The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) is found throughout Northern Europe, Northern Asia and a significant proportion of North America. They are quite large birds, rivalling the Eurasian Eagle Owl in size. The great grey owl has a large, rounded head and yellow eyes, with light underparts mottled with darker grey feathers. Their wings and back are darker grey with lighter bars.
The great grey owl has a large "facial disk." The facial disk is a concave circle of feathers around the eyes of the bird. It helps to collect sound waves and direct them toward the owl's ears, helping the owl to locate its prey by sound. The great grey owl has the largest facial disk of any bird of prey.
Their diet consists mainly of small mammals and their preferred prey is voles, however they will also eat gophers, weasels, squirrels, rabbits, rats and mice. They nest in dense coniferous forests in most of the northern hemisphere.
The female will lay between two to six eggs at one- to two-day intervals. The female does all of the incubation, which starts when the first egg is laid. After four to six weeks the chicks hatch. The male provides all the food for the young, which is torn into smaller pieces by the female. When food is scarce the female great grey owl will often starve herself in order to feed her chicks, and may lose up to a third of her body weight. The chicks will leave the nest after approximately a month and can fly well after two months. The young stay close to home and are cared for by the female for some time after leaving the nest.
Mandara, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Surprise visitor discovered roosting in a tree in the garden. The local garden birds were loudly protesting it's presence.
Has a wonderful call - usually produced as a duet.
Barred Owl
Strix varia
I got to watch him today for about 10 minutes. He flew up from the ground when I approached my mailbox and he heard me. Then he perched in a tree near my mailbox and he just sat there looking around. It was so cool to see him (or her). He looked all around, up and down. That head sure can rotate! I watched for a few minutes, then went back to the house to get my son and my camera and he was still sitting there. So happy my son got to see him, too. It was during the day - about 4 pm.
I just heard that barred owl populations in the area are at a high since we had a high mouse population 2 summers ago. So cool...predator/prey cycle at work.
I would have stayed longer (and tried to get a better shot), but 2 large strange dogs showed up and they made me nervous. We have a leash law and dogs should not be roaming around. They approached me - trotted toward me and then followed me up my driveway...I was relieved to get inside! They did not do anything mean, but made me very scared because they were really big and unfamiliar.