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Name: Collared owlet
Scientific: Glaucidium brodiei
Malay: Burung Hantu Kecil / Hantu Kecil / Pungguk Kerdil Bercekak
Family: Strigidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern
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Great Horned Owlet found in a tree nearby the Portal Café in Portal, AZ
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One day earlier than last year, two owlets left the nest.
This shot was taken in the torrential rain on Saturday morning. First day out and they get a soaking
Calyptra canadensis is an elusive creature. These little owlets are specific Thalictrum feeders, so to find the caterpillars, you first have to find the rue.
My partner and I spent the day searching stream-side foliage for Tall Meadow Rue. These delicate plants are often covertly hidden within briars and other vegetation but we managed to find several of the plants to search.
This early-instar C. canadensis was on the first rue we found.
Baltimore County, Maryland (Lineboro Quad)
June 25, 2017
Lechucita Bigotona, Long-whiskered Owlet, Xenoglaux loweryi.
IUCN: Vulnerable
Endemic´s Perú
Bosque de Protección Alto Mayo
Departamento de Amazonas
Perú
Great Horned Owlets - March, 2016
These owlets fell out of their nest and were rescued by a kind family that allowed me to come by and photograph their wonderful work. The two parents were in the trees nearby and all were doing well. Check out the Eastside Audubon Facebook page for a video the family, who wishes to remain anonymous, made about the rescue.
A young great horned owlet perches on a tree branch, its keen eyes gazing directly at the camera. The intricate details of its feathers are beautifully captured against the backdrop of blurred branches!!!
I have walked under this tree several times this week without noticing these three Owlets. Tonight I heard a strange noise and looked up. I am quite surprised they would pick a tree like this to nest in as its under quite a busy path.
This is a portrait of a barred owlet perched on a tree. Usually they are always very high up in the trees , on this occasion though , this owlet found a very nice perch with beautiful late afternoon light in the background. Taken in Lakeland Florida.
I have been watching the mother Great Horned Owl sit on her eggs for a few weeks and this is the result.
This Great Horned Owlet was very drowsy, but opened it’s eyes just a bit when a car drove past. You should see how many photos I have of it’s eyes closed. Lol
Where are there tawny owlets showing so well?
Maybe a bit obscure, but I know there are a few birders in GWL. Yersinia suggested I post it.
This species is nocturnal but is sometimes seen in the day. When disturbed from their daytime site, they bob their head and stare at intruders. It can often be located by the small birds that mob it while it is perched in a tree. It hunts a variety of insects and small vertebrates. In Pakistan they have been found to take mostly insect prey.In the arid region of Jodhpur, they have been found to take more rodents (especially in the genus Mus and tend to avoid other rodents such as Tatera) prior to the breeding season. Bats, toads, small snakes such as Ramphotyphlops braminus have been noted. They may also take scorpions and molluscs.Nests near human habitations may show higher breeding success due to increased availability of rodents for feeding young.
The call is a harsh and loud churring and chuckling chirurr-chirurr-chirurr ending with a chirwak-chirwak and they call mainly during early dawn or just after sunset.
The breeding season is November to April. Courtship behaviour includes bill grasping, allopreening and ritual feeding. The female may call with the male, bob head and deflect its tail in invitation. The social organization of family groups is not clear and multiple males may copulate with a female and females may attempt pseudocopulation, possibly a kind of displacement behaviour. They nest in cavities often competing with other hole-nesters such as mynas. They may also nest in holes in vertical embankments. The nest may be lined with leaves and feathers or may use the existing lining from a prior occupant. The typical clutch is made up of three or four spherical white eggs (30.9mm long and 26.3 mm wide, 11.6g) and incubation begins with the first laid eggs leading to a wide variation in the size of the chicks. The young are fed initially on insects such as cockroaches and later fed small vertebrate prey such as mice (a toad Bufo stomaticus has been noted in Gujarat). The chicks gain weight during the early stages but lose weight before fledging. Only one or two chicks may fledge and they leave the nest in about 20–28 days.
The brain has a pineal gland, a feature formerly thought to be absent in the owls. Birds show variation in the melatonin concentration between day and night. A high melatonin level is associated with sleep and low levels are associated with high alertness and foraging activity. Spotted owlets, however, show only a slightly lower melatonin concentration at night with a slight increase in the early afternoon. Other owls such as the barn owl show little day-night variation.Seasonal changes in glandular activity have been associated with environmental factors such as temperature and humidity.
A coccidian parasites, Eimeria atheni, has been described from this species. An ectoparasitic mite, Neocheletiella athene, has been described from a specimen from the Antwerp zoo.Bird lice of the species Colpocephalum pectinatum are known to be ectoparasites.
One of two owlets here in the field with both parents - both youngsters were taking very short flights and circling back to the burrow. So darned cute, but challenging light as they seemed to do this in the late afternoon and that means backlight, sundown for me. From the "car blind", hand-held or on the bean bag out the window... ;-)
A portrait of "Acorn" the amusing fluff-ball that has been one of the stars of my little owl workshops this summer.