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Newly added to the Woodland Series, these owlets are the only ones available for a while.
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Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
I went back to see the owls and this guy seems to be the largest. You can barely see one of the other owlets off to the left of the nest.
I spotted seven owls in a half mile stretch of dirt road out here in Creston. Four were owlets in two separate nests. More fun than looking for a needle in a haystack but almost as difficult.
Bubo virginianus
While I reorganized our deep freeze, Owlet here popped in to be of assistance. Since she can't really pick frozen things up, she was mostly charming, chatty moral support. She is one of my favorite hens (there are several favorites, of course). Skittish at first, it took a while to earn her trust, but now she is one of my little darlings, running to greet me and following me around, chattering the entire time. Owlet has now chosen to involve herself in everything I'm engaged in, from gardening to chicken tasks to wandering around waiting for the wild raspberries to ripen. She is very cute and sweet, always looks like she is smiling, and has a very impressive muff and beard, as you can see!
Owlet's sister, Dart, remains very skittish, but has at least progressed to running up to me for a treat (which, by the way, is just a fancier, whole-grain chicken feed, but the girls do love it). Other hens have also taken a while to warm up to their keeper, too, and gone from scaredy-hens to not minding being picked up. We'll get there with Dart, God willing.
Rural King sold her to us as an Ameracauna, but we all know she's an Easter Egger. (Owlet lays lovely pale blue eggs.)
I made a return visit to the Tawny Owl nest with the Bird Ringer to watch the ringing. We were disappointed to find only one of the two chicks has survived but this little one is now the proud owner of an ID ring. Good Luck to him/her.
Thanks go out to a few friends for helping with directions. You know who you are. The light was a bit harsh when we found this one.
A photo of a spotted owlet from my recent trip to India. This character has attitude! He lives in this hollow tree.
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I like the wider environmental scene of this great horned wowlet who has now ventured far from the nest.
Falling a bit behind! We were incredibly lucky to encounter a Great Horned Owl and three of her fledglings after my brother encountered them earlier. My apologies for the lower quality, but we decided to go later at night and keep quite a distance in order to not bother them. They slept for most of it, so I have a tonne of snoozing owl pictures (they really remind me of flying cats that way - I'll have to upload some later on!).
Each of these images are of different fledglings - this one seemed the most active, eventually flying over to the others and seeming generally annoyed that everyone wasn't awake and active - only to fall asleep later on when everyone else decided to wake up.
Great Horned Owl. Taken in Kamloops, BC.
India
Rajasthan
Bharatpur.
Keoladeo National Park
This former duck-hunting reserve of the Maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, China and Siberia. Some 364 species of birds, including the rare Siberian crane, have been recorded in the park.
The spotted owlet (Athene brama) is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from mainland India to Southeast Asia. A common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation, it has adapted to living in cities. They roost in small groups in the hollows of trees or in cavities in rocks or buildings. It nests in a hole in a tree or building, laying 3–5 eggs. They are often found near human habitation. The species shows great variation including clinal variation in size and forms a superspecies with the very similar little owl.