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Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis.) Near Molalla, OR. Nice profile shot. I think this guy is undergoing a pretty serious molt. See other shot.
Mother owl with the juvenile at dawn of the juvenile's first night spent at the top of the tree (9 Jul 2017)
Adult male near Sweet Home, Oregon. Mate of pictured female from Sweet Home. Not the parent of the chick pictured, though.
My parents were lucky enough to witness a Great Gray Owl last week, right in their front yard! Sure enough, it didn't take long before birders from all over the state came to appreciate the visiter from the north.
*There seems to be a lot of controversy about the mice feeding (my parents were not part of it). Any thoughts on this?
Juneau County, WI
In my woods. Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
This photo was taken two days after the photo I posted a couple days ago (April 20th as opposed to April 18th). By this time, the owlets were getting more adventurous regarding spending time away from the nest. They’d spend most of the day in the nest but would come out in late afternoon to climb around in the upper branches of the nest tree. One of them always seemed to go higher and further from the nest than the other one, and the one you see in the upper right of this photo was that owlet and it was first to take a short flight which took it to a neighboring tree. That happened a bit later in the evening from when this shot was taken. After leaving the nest tree, and whenever it went to trees further away, it was always able to stay high and seemed to like hanging out in the very tops of adjacent trees.
The less adventurous one spent one more night in the nest tree and left it the evening of April 21st. It was not successful in staying high and its first attempts at flight took it down and further down yet, but it was successful in staying above ground. In a matter of a day or two, both owlets were able to buddy up together again in treetops in two of my neighbor’s yards. One of the neighbors had some great “shows” put on by the two owlets and the parents. That included seeing one of the youngsters down on the ground and getting to observe how quickly and easily they can climb up the trunk of a tree to get back up into the branches. They also observed the parents feeding the owlets a few times. Shortly after the owlets left the nest tree, tree leaves were quickly unfurling. Even though I could see them high in the neighbor’s trees for a week or more, soon they were hidden by the leaves. As I write this, I haven’t seen them since then, but I do hear the parents from time to time doing their “Who cooks for you” calls.
My parents were lucky enough to witness a Great Gray Owl last week, right in their front yard! Sure enough, it didn't take long before birders from all over the state came to appreciate the visiter from the north.
*There seems to be a lot of controversy about the mice feeding (my parents were not part of it). Any thoughts on this?
Juneau County, WI
Juvenile flying at sunset with mother. It is getting better at flying but still stayed among the trees in the park. (28 Jul 2017)
Father owl feeding juvenile? At sunset while he was calling. When he 'shivers' he just hooted. The juvenile was constantly making its typical wheezing calls (17 Jul 2017)
Shown here is the juvenile. The parants were at the tree top which was too high to have good angle.
I visited the same spot next day, all parants and chick were not there anymore.
Every morning I shake out our quilt ... and noticed this lump on a nearby tree. Boy was I excited when figured out it was a barred owl.... ran to get my camera worried it would be gone... but that was 8 this morning and it is still there at 1100.
We have an upstairs door leading to nowhere (was supposed to be a deck), so I can take leisurely photos whenever the spirit moves me from the comfort of my own office!
Shown here is the juvenile. The parants were at the tree top which was too high to have good angle.
I visited the same spot next day, all parants and chick were not there anymore.
This is my Bio131 project in progress. Many thanks to Kathleen M. Heideman for the use of her Spotted owl picture.
I'm new to Photoshop, so any constructive criticism is welcome.
At sunrise, juvenile moves next to mother. Juvenile begs for grooming from mother several times and appears to try to groom her (22 July 2017)
06/05/2013 - Barred Owl - Strix varia - Ponderosa SP - McCall, ID
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