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I went back to the park today to see if I could find the Barred Owl. Once again, the Chickadees and Magpies lead me right to it. This time I was able to get a full body shot. The light was very flat, but I was happy to see that it was still in the area. One of the things I noticed though was the complete absence of squirrels – very unusual. In the close up photo I took yesterday, there is blood visible on the feathers near the beak. I think there is a connection there.
Hawrelak Park, Edmonton. December 30, 2008.
Not often I see an owl in bright light. This one had just come out of the woods to survey the road below for passing food.
Probably the same bird I photographed at the same place twelve months ago. Reasons to believie this is also their nesting hole in an old Maple although the other one didn´t show today.
Tawny Owl
Lehtopöllö, jota on kutsuttu myös mm nimillä tarhapöllö ja kissapöllö. Meikäläiset pöllöt ovat yleensä tottuneet valoisiin kesäöihin ja sen vuoksi aktiivisia myös päivällä, mutta lehtopöllö on aito yölintu, joka valoisana aikana vain lepäilee ja odottaa illan tuloa; hyvä jos välillä vähäsen ympärilleen vilkaisee.
Helsinki
Der Waldkauz auf seinem Schlafbaum aber er hat mich entdeckt.
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Photographed the Barred Owl in the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park located in Homosassa Springs Florida U.S.A.
The Barred Owl (Strix varia) is a large typical owl native to North America. Best known as the Hoot Owl for its distinctive call.
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Der Bartkauz (Strix nebulosa) ist eine Vogelart aus der Gattung Strix innerhalb der Familie der Eigentlichen Eulen (Strigidae). Er kommt in zwei Unterarten in der borealen Zone der Holarktis vor. Sein deutscher Name leitet sich von einer schwarzen Gefiederregion unter dem Schnabel ab, die wie ein kleiner Bart aussieht. In vielen anderen europäischen Sprachen wird der Bartkauz nach seinem europäischen Verbreitungsgebiet Lapplandeule genannt. Sein englischer Name ist Great Grey Owl, also Große Graueule. Er ist die größte Art der Gattung Strix und die einzige mit holarktischem Verbreitungsgebiet. Auch innerhalb der Familie Strigidae gehört der Bartkauz zu den größten, nicht aber zu den schwersten Arten.
'Strix 61' flight of three MC-130J's in the circuit at Mildenhall with some short interval landings and take offs at dusk.
Returned in the hope of some action photographs of this owl but alas it just sat in the hole in the old oak and stared out on the world below.
Great Grey Owl. Another shot of the owl I saw in April 2012. In this shot his facial expression is better, I think.
Barred owls nested in my neighborhood again this year, but I never figured out where the nest was located. We frequently heard the pair calling, and at times the male would spend the day sleeping in a pine tree along the edge of my front yard. Sometimes small birds or crows would discover it there and raise quite a fuss for a while, but the owl seemed quite content to just ignore all the attention and stay there rather than relocate to another place. Once the pair had hungry mouths to feed, it was not unusual to see one of the birds in my yard hunting during daylight hours. During those times, the small birds would really raise hell (especially the robins), and on a couple of occasions I saw the owl flying away carrying a bird in its talons and getting chased and chastised by the angry mob of small birds.
The four barred owl shots posted today were taken during one of those daylight hunting forays. The owl was exceedingly unconcerned by me approaching it with my camera and I was able to get quite close. These shots were taken as the bird sat on the pole on the edge of my woods with the nest box where screech owls used to nest. The screech owls have not been seen since the barred owls moved into the neighborhood a few years ago. As the owl sat on the post, it alternated between alertly scanning the area for something it might catch and falling asleep. I came to the conclusion that feeding hungry youngsters sometimes required overtime hours in order to meet their needs, and that the tired parent was really wanting to get some sleep rather than spend more time on food duty.
Tawny Owl / strix aluco. Lincolnshire. 13/07/17.
Earlier this month I spent another dusk 'til dawn session in one of Tom Robinson's excellent owl hides.
As hides go, extremely well kitted on the inside, hot drink making facility, fleece blankets, comfortable chairs....such luxury!
The hide looked out onto an area of rough grassland with an old gate post in it. Sitting low down, the one way glass provided a wide vista so that a wild owl's approach could easily be spotted before it landed.
There was plenty of action from midnight onwards. Sometimes a Tawny Owl would land on posts that were not lit but where it could be observed resting, preening and peering down at the ground below. However, there were five occasions when a TO landed on the baited post to feed
The owl shown here had only just landed and set about ripping the mouse apart immediately. A lot of effort was put into this and because it was perched precariously on the edge of the post, it spread and flapped its wings to maintain balance.
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According to the Breeding Atlas of Birds of Alberta, the great Gray Owl is a bird of the undisturbed boreal forest. It is found in coniferous, deciduous, and mixed woodlands, usually near water sources such as muskeg, marshes and wet meadows. It hunts the forest margin in burned clearings and natural forest openings.
Taken 80 km north of Edmonton.