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One of two young owlets looking curious.
For the last 20 years there have been efforts to protect the CSO under the endangered species act ... only to be continually denied by USFWS. Another review with a decision is due in 2019.
After following this family for several years a fire ravaged their nesting area last year. Sad not being able to follow them this year so I pulled a couple un-posted shots from the archives.
Der Kauz hatte die Augen bei diesem Foto ausnahmsweise geöffnet, scheint tagsüber öfter schläfrig zu sein
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
My friends Martti Perämäki and Yrjö Julin told me about a Tawny Owl to be found from park around a manor in Helsinki see that! There it was, sitting high up in a Mapletree.
Lehtopöllö
Helsinki
See more Owls in my album
Barred Owl chicks in Baltimore City.
It was such a treat to see these guys moving around in the woods the past couple of weeks .
I just found out that a long time contact krisphotographer recently passed away.
These are for Kris. He posted some fine shots. I will miss him.
Hawrelak Park Edmonton. March 18, 2012.
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Der Habichtskauz (nw) - etwas schläfrig an diesem nebligen Januartag. Die Sonne hat es heute nicht geschafft den Nebel über Tag zu vertreiben. So bleibt nur die Erhöhung der ISO-Zahl ;-)
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Last picture before he flew the nest this morning. Good luck in the big wide world.
Not sure if any are still at home
In my woods. Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
The best, most intimate photos that I got of the adult barred owls were within the first three days after the youngsters left the nest tree. Perhaps they were working harder to keep track of the kids and also keep them fed. In any case, there were two evenings well before dark when one of the owls was down low near my bird feeders. I'm quite sure it was hoping that it could catch some feeder birds to feed the young owlets. During this time, the adult owl was VERY approachable. I shot these with my 70-200mm lens with a 1.4x extender. The shots are cropped a little but not much, so you can see that I was quite close to the owl.