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Seen with other Birds of Prey at a event in Cottingham in East Yorkshire,
The snowy owl is a large, white owl of the typical owl family. Snowy owls are native to Arctic regions in North America and Eurasia. Younger snowy owls start with a darker plumage, which turns lighter as they get older. ,
Red Footed Falcon - Falco Vespertinus
Wiltshire
The Red-footed Falcon is a gregarious bird of prey usually found in flocks. It often breeds in colonies, and sometimes solitary, using abandoned Corvidae or raptors’ nests.
It is an eastern European species and a long-distance migrant that winters in southern Africa. It feeds mainly on insects, but the chicks are mostly fed with small vertebrates.
The Red-footed Falcon is very close to Amur Falcon which was formerly a subspecies of F. vespertinus.
The population is decreasing due to habitat destruction and the species is currently listed as Near Threatened.
The Red-footed Falcon breeds in C Europe from Estonia, Slovakia and Hungary, E through NC Asia to extreme NW China and upper R Lena.
It winters in SW Africa, from Angola, Namibia and N South Africa, through Botswana to Zambia and Zimbabwe.
HABITAT:
The Red-footed Falcon breeds in wooded steppes, valleys, clearings, cultivated areas and pastures with clumps or fringes of trees, riparian woodlands, orchards, marshy lands and open taiga. It breeds usually in lowlands, but up to 1500 metres of elevation in Asia.
During winter in SW Africa, it frequents grasslands, savanna and scrubland. They form large nightime roosts in groves of eucalypts, but also in towns and villages. Several thousands of birds may gather at communal roosts.
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Quite a character...she took a huff and decided she didnt want to display for a while...
British birds of prey centre,Carmarthenshire,Wales.
Sometimes it take an engineer's perspective to build something out of this world, so this bird hired the best to accomplish what you see here.
Hector...who decided to depart, mid display, and chose to sit in a tree where the local crows were nesting...what a cacophony ensued...
Last one from our visit to the British bird of prey centre,Llanarthney, South Wales.
Last weekend, we explored a new location in a new forest - one that is so promising. The location had an old temple surrounded by forest and streams. And there was a water tower that stands at the height of the trees in the forest. So we climbed up, praying that the steps dont give away and managed to the top safely. And there it was, sitting peacefully and staring back!
This is a common resident Owlet found in forests across the country. They can be often heard during morning / evenings in the forests, but they are kind of active during the day too. The birds are quite predatory in the night and hence the calls attract a variety of birds that gang up and chase the owlets away.
The Owlet moved several times and sat quietly in some trees - often close to us, but they move so stealthily that we couldn't trace them. But thanks to the Bulbuls and other small birds that were continually harassing these owlets, we sighted them again and again.
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A common resident Owlet found in forests across the country. They can be often heard during morning / evenings in the forests, but they are kind of active during the day too. The birds are quite predatory in the night and hence the calls attract a variety of birds that gang up and chase the owlets away.
That evening, we heard constant calls of these Owlets - 2 of them at the same time and sighted both of them. That brought out Bulbuls, babblers, Drongoes and few other birds all of which searched for the Owlets and chased them away from the place. The Owlets moved several times and sat quietly in some trees - often close to us, but they move so stealthily that we couldn't trace them. But thanks to the Bulbuls and other small birds that were continually harassing these owlets, we sighted them again and again.
This is nearing end of Spring here, but there were still several bare trees that the owlets could find some space on. The trees with canopy and fruit support several nesting birds and the summer breeding season is starting - no wonder the Owlets are so unwelcome.
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It was the first ever trip in the summer of 2015 and the memories are still as fresh as it was yesterday !!
Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica)
This fine looking barred owl and its mate live close by. I hear them calling all the time and I have looked for their nest on my property many times. I think it may be on property bordering ours but they are always in our woods. I heard them hooting this evening and they sounded like they were near the road so I took a little drive. I am glad that I did :)
Now, suddenly I am wishing to be an 🐦 Osprey and live on the side of a cliff… Anyone with me? Comment down below…
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A pretty rare bird in our country and the males are especially prized by birdwatchers. The Lesser Kestrel is migrant from Mediterranean, Afghanistan and Central Asia and winters in Africa / Pakistan. Few birds - literally a handful that can be counted with the fingers - winter in India.
The males are easier to distinguish from the Common Kestrel due to the easy to spot differences. But the female is hard to spot in the field. The behaviour and flying is similar to the Common Kestrel and in the are we visited, there were half a dozen Kestrels and couple of these males.
This was shot couple of years ago when I just started birding - the biggest lake on the outskirts of the city went dry and the lake bed become a magnet for raptors such as Peregrine Falcon, Bonelli's and Booted Eagle, many Common Kestrels and 1 of this are Lesser Kestrel. We had't had a situation like that again till date and the bird also wasn't sighted again.
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