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Taken in the grounds of Wollaton Hall, Nottingham.
Went for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) which we missed by 10 minutes and searched for another 2 hours without luck.
Left, right and centre dodging the twigs and branches in front of the bird shooting at quite a steep angle.
This large owl lacks ear tufts and is mottled and vermiculated in reddish brown and white. The face disc is marked with fine concentric black and white barring. The sexes are alike. The chin is white. The eyelid is orange and the iris is dark brown. The tail is barred narrowly in brown and black. The concentric barring on the face and mottled crown separate it from the brown wood owl in southern India.
There are three subspecies recognized and there are no sharp demarcations in their distributions.
S. o. ocellata (Lesson, 1839) is found in southern India and is shorter winged in the males (333–338 mm) than grandis
S. o. grisescens Koelz, 1950 is found in northern India south of the Himalayas, west to Pakistan and east to Bihar. The markings are pale above and the males have a wing length of 338–346 mm
S. o. grandis Koelz, 1950 from Gujarat is differentiated by the wing length of the males (360–372 mm)
Tawny Owls are early nesters and the young often bale out of the nest well before they can fly properly. This youngster was photographed on the edge of a Birch Forest adjacent to the Black Wood of Rannoch, (Scotland). It appeared to be the youngest of four siblings, all of which were nearby.
Framed by a friend.
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia. June 2009.
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"This and X. persona are similar in size and both have a rectangular black patch just postdiscally on the forewing. However strix has a black thorax and a bone white ground colour to the evenly reticulate forewings whereas persona has a white thorax and the forewings mainly dull dark brown except for a pale border on the dorsum and margin."
In my woods. Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.
After being away from posting photos on Flickr and commenting on those of my Flickr friends for a solid six months, it’s a bit difficult for me to know how to re-engage. I’ll begin by saying that I stepped away for a while in order to more completely focus on getting some chores done that seemed to be piling up endlessly without any degree of attention that would result in the “to do” list getting any shorter. My plan was to step away completely from Flickr and some other things in order to focus on getting some of those neglected tasks done. I can report some success with that, but the results are not as complete as I had hoped.
To those who have wondered, my health was not involved in my time away in any significant way except that part way through my time off I developed plantar fasciitis in my left foot, and that did put a damper on my outdoor activities for a while right during the time when spring was really coming in and I was eager to get outside and enjoy it. Thankfully, the foot is much improved and I’m able to enjoy getting out into some of my favorite places again.
During the six-month time off, I did far less photography than normal, although I do have a backlog of photos that I will be rolling out in the weeks ahead. There is far less wildflower photography than normal. Reasons for that include that spring came very early due to a mild winter and a warm, wet spring which seemed to confuse the wildflowers greatly. Flower phenology has been way off course the entire year so far with flowers coming into bloom two weeks or more ahead of more average bloom times. Additionally, many species simply have not been as abundant as usual. Between those two circumstances, I'd go out expecting to photograph certain flowers and find that they were already done flowering for the year.
There were two situations that provided me with plenty of pleasant distractions that happened right on our little-over-one-acre lot in the city. We had nesting barred owls and nesting pileated woodpeckers on our property. Both had challenging physical circumstances that made photography difficult, but both eventually led to some nice photo results. I have lots of photos of both the owls and the woodpeckers, and I will probably be posting more than you care to see that will include some of the not-so-good shots, some mediocre ones and some of the good ones.
The photo posted here nicely shows the challenging circumstances related to trying to photograph the owls near the nest site. For at least the third time in 8 or 10 years, barred owls have nested in the broken off top of a large beech tree in our woods. The nest site is approximately 45 feet up, and when the female is sitting on eggs and until the youngsters begin to climb around out of the nest at about a month old, they are completely out of sight. The comings and goings of the adults during incubation and even when the young are still in the nest cavity are very discrete and their activities are extremely difficult to observe.
Note from this photo that small branches are all over the place up in the treetop so getting a “clean” shot without branches in the way is impossible. Of course, small birds know that the owls are up there and once in a while a group of them would take time to fuss and harass them for a while. More concerning to the owls, I’m sure, is that crows knew they were there, too, and came by a few times a day to harass the incubating female or the owlets. During those times, one of the adult owls remained very close to the nest. I’m sure the crows would not hesitate to eat the eggs or kill and eat young owlets. The nest cavity is open topped (open to the sky) and located immediately to the right of where the branch the owls are sitting on meets the large, vertical tree trunk. I took this photo from the roof of my house two or three days before the owlets left the nest tree.
Voor het eerst een uil gezien overdag.
Ik denk dat het een bosuil is.
Is het niet prachtig hoe hij precies in zijn schuilplek past?
I saw an owl during the day. I had never seen that before. I think it's an Tawny-owl. It fits exactly into his hiding place
Glenn Parker and I drove north east of Edmonton to Opal in search of Great Gray Owls today. The individual we found seemed to be habituated to humans. It followed us closely as we drove and walked up and down the road where we found it. I think this Owl is used to being fed live mice by humans. The first shot in the comment box clearly shows that this Owl had been injured somehow. It is missing a primary flight feather and several secondary flight feathers on its right wing. This might be an Owl that was rescued and then released. In any case, this one associates humans with food. The good news is that it can fly quite well and another friend who photographed it on the weekend observed it hunting on its own.
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North of Opal, Alberta. March 15, 2011.
I found this sleepy Barred Owl today while walking with birder friend Randy D. The truth is that we walked right by the tree it was perched on which was about 10 M in from the trail we were walking. We were about 400 M down the trail when we heard two Barred Owls calling from down the trail. By the time we got back another birder had located this one of the pair and pointed it out to us. I imagine I have walked right by dozens and dozens of sleeping Owls in that thick conifer habitat.
White Mud Trail Edmonton. March 29, 2014.
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Tawny Owl, juvenile
In the daylight they haven't much to do else than wait for the dark when the parents start feeding them.
Lehtopöllö
Helsinki
Great Grey Owl. The prey hides under deep snow. Locating it needs careful measuring and calculating... this can take some time...
Lapinpöllö
Helsinki 2013-03-15
Mandara, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Found napping in the garden this afternoon. Unfortunately, it flew away before I could get a clearer photo. Have often heard them at night, but first time seen during the day.
There was a sleeping Barred Owl in Hawrelak Park today. I took quite a few shots in the early afternoon,but returned at sunset along with Raymond Lee in the hope that it would become alert in the darkness so I could capture it with open eyes. As the sun went down, it opened its eyes and checked things out.
Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta, January 07, 2013.
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