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Explore, May 6/08.
I just had to go back to the bird sanctuary again to check on the family of Great Horned Owls. I couldn't believe how much they'd grown. I thought they'd still be on the nest or at least close by, but this guy (or girl) was about five trees over and the other two babies slept high in a tree quite far from the nest. This owlet was quite active, jumping from branch to branch, bobbing around a lot and flapping his wings...practically every time he moved I could hear photographers grunting and groaning behind me and moving their tripods around to try to get a clear shot. I don't like using a tripod so wow, did my neck ever hurt after a couple of hours of watching him and holding five pounds or so of camera and lens up in the air!
Great-horned Owlets
Alaska Boreal Forest
Denali N.P.
2008:06:10 16:17:34
Pentax K20 - Pentax 200mm
200mm
300mm (in 35mm film)
1/400 sec, f/9
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Flash: Off
File size: 23.2MB
Image size: 4864 x 3136
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: High
Contrast: High
This is a different pair than previously posted. Talking to people that have been watching this nest said they left the nest tree last Friday.
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.
© My latest commission - a trio of postcards to contain an owl and stuff. Fun wee ones!
I'm doing postcards for £10 a card just now, so come chat to me about getting some!! :)
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This Western Screech Owl just left the nest two nights earlier, in the Catalina Foothills in Tucson. Still spent time napping while awaiting food delivery from its parents.
It's late I'm shattered but I'll have to process a few pics from todays amazing day.
Here is a tawny owlet from this afternoon. This is a wild bird and it was a nightmare to shoot.
You should never go close to these birds. The mother was higher up in the tree and if you approach them they can get abandoned also you can get attacked by the adults. I took this shot with an 800mm lens and a 1.4 extender giving me 1120mm! I was miles away!
When i got there the owlet was dry and fluffy. I've a whole load of shots and will post a blog tomorrow
Hope you like this cute little wet thing :)
Owlet moth, Ulolonche fasciata, perhaps, drawn to a blacklight in Las Animas County, Colorado the night of July 8, 2019.
One owlet came out of its nest earlier than it probably wanted. After a few days on a neighboring fence, and under the watchful eyes of mom and dad, it finally walked back to the nest tree and scrambled back up off the ground.
Fabyan Forest Preserve
Geneva, Illinois
April 16, 2013
Flickr over-sharpened - looks better on black - click the picture
h/t to Jan Crites for me even being aware this bird was there.
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Oh my, did you just hear that sound?! You didn´t? How come ... it came from back there and was quite loud so you must have heard it, hm! It´s probably my friend Owly flying around and scaring old grumpy bats away. :-)
Sailor Bar, American River Parkway / Sacramento County, California
While walking in a location that I visited last fall, I observed a meadow that appeared to have a number of what I first suspected were small skippers and it wasn't until I began to photo-edit my images that I realized that these were actually small diurnal moths. I posted 2 images in BugGuide.Net to see what the experts knowledge would tell me regarding the ID of these moths. Within 2 hours, I received a comment suggesting that the ID is Heliothodes diminutiva.