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Like most Owls, Spotted Owlet is nocturnal, meaning they are most active at night. What helps them see well at night?
First, owl eyes have densely packed retinal rods. All eyes including human, have photo-receptors called cones and rods. Retinal cones function best in bright light and are responsible for color vision. Rods are much more sensitive and function best in dim lights. Owls have almost a million rods per sq mm (1,550 per sq inch). Humans have only about 200,000 rods per sq mm (310 per sq inch).
Finally, owls have “eyeshine.” Their eyes glow. Eyeshine is a result of an animal’s tapetum lucidum, a layer of tissue behind the retina that reflects visible light back to retina. This reflection dramatically increases the light available to the animal’s photo-receptors and gives a superior night vision. Humans dont have tapetum lucidum!
Tawny owlet fledging from first look at the outside world to the first flight. Now a couple of weeks later it's high up in the canopy being fed at dusk by both the male and female tawny owls. Filmed by trail camera. The River meadow, North Devon.
Got to take my painter pole rig out to shoot these little guys. So happy to see life in our burned out side of the Springs.
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This little owl had just had enough socializing... time to catch a little snooze!!! lol
Hope everyone is doing well. Raining over here....sigh!!!! I sure dislike cloudy icky days where you can't go out....well you could but not near as enjoyable!!! lol...hope everyone is well!!! :)
So many photos to catch up on from last year. Great horned owlets still in the nest, with mama nearby. Oh yes and lots of sticks. As usual.
I sat under the nest of the owls at Greenbelt Lake and waited for them to pop their heads up. The bigger owl on the right was starring me down. They sure are getting big very quickly!
Bored owlets keep busy by napping and nibbling in between meal delivery. I love the expressions of this young great horned in this series of four images. “Wait, this tastes funny!”
My first ever item, a tintable Nose+lip tattoo is finally up on the marketplace!
The [Owlet] Beastie Nose:
1D Mark III | 600 x1.4 1/15 f6.3 ISO1000
I had the opportunity to photograph a family of screech owls last summer. The owlets were harder to find, but at dusk I managed a few shots of these cuties. Note the wide open eyes as it was already quite dim (hence 1/15 shutter speed)
Uncommon resident, Breeds in kuwait. Found in Jal Azzor escarpment, where it breeds in vary small numbers. This bird also breeds in rocky desert areas in rock cervices often near cliffs. unlike other owls, it may often be active by day. In kuwait it feeds on insects, birds, reptiles and rodents.
Some of my images of the owlet I'm not so happy with, but I'm in the process of using another editing app for my pics which will make a nice difference I'm sure. I was photgraphing straight up about 70 feet and the lighting was poor. Have a wonderful day everyone!! Poor little owlet is scared...I feel sorry for it!!!
We're in for a 93 degree day!!! Ouch!!! 😆
My first encounter with this species. A small little owl, only 18-19cm in size.
Just wish it wasn't slighly obstructed by the small branch.
African barred owlet
Glaucidium capense
2007/06/16
Location: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Two juvenile Great Horned Owlets. sitting on high branches next to their nest, on a windy day, at Discovery Ridge, #Calgary.