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Not the best lighting here,, my plan is too try and get some morning shots soon while the foliage is light. My first ever owl, for that matter a Great Horned. Haven't taken a lot of shots as I don't want to intrude, but the first shots of the owlets looked like teddy bears.
This Young Owlet was the runt of the 3 that were born. I located it today and watched it most of the day. The Other Owlet I found also, One still remains in the nest.
How I found them was I know where the parents roost in some pines. After watching them for several hours they would fly down to them several times throughout the day, thats how I located them.
Also a red tail hawk was tormenting this young owlet and both the parents went after it and chased it off several times, Crows as well.
Was fun to watch the different behavior.
Canadian Owlet (Calyptra canadensis) at Plainsboro Preserve. It's that time of year when moths pretend that they're dead leaves. Plainsboro, NJ.
One more unidentified owlet moth with distinctive yellowish spots. Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 15.
The two young Great Horned owlets (Bubo virginianus) are now flying to nearby palm trees at dusk in the neighborhood park, but still returning to the nest-tree when the parents' free dinner delivery arrives. They will soon head out on their own, and I will post a final short video of their bumpy flying antics. This has been a wonderful story to be a part of, fun "date night" experiences for my wife and I, and so great to offer binoculars and owl-sorts of information to big and little kids who happen to wander by and get intrigued.
We were staying quite far from the owls so they weren't distracted from their practice sessions. Shot at dusk, 600mm & heavily cropped-in, so a bit blurry and noisy.
I had two chances at this shot but my adrenaline just takes over at the magic of being in the company of Barn Owls and owlets so shot a bit shaky and I am on a camo monopod! The thrill of the wild nature.
When we got back from our trip to south, the little owls already left the owl house. We did not expect to see them after our return...
There was some crow commotion in the woods behind our house, so I went down to see what was happening. To my suprise, the three chicks were sitting on a branch in a tree about 30-40 feet high, not too far from our house. They were together, like good kids - making the feeding easier for the parents... What a wonderful sight!
Asian Barred Owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides - Кукушковый воробьиный сычик
Vietnam, Cat Tien National Park, 03/01/2012
More photos of the new visitor to my backyard, the Barred Jungle Owlet. Being the height of the monsoons the light was poor but yet I managed to get a few good shots. The bark-coloured plumage and low profile makes them hard to detect. As their name suggests, they are not usually found near human habitation. They are partial to teak and mixed forests.
We were out walking through Holyrood park, and saw an owl hunting, it flew into a nearby tree and, sure enough, when we followed the squeaking, there was this little guy, too!
f/6.3 - Took 1 1/2 hrs to eat prey (bunny)
First posted images of owlets in nest were May 13. They fledged around May 17.
www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Horne...
A very dark owlet moth, family Noctuidae, probably one of the cutworm moths. Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 26.
Video of the owlets on the nest Mar 29th, 2019
Due to flickr page coding issue, if you want to see the fullscreen video you need to lightbox it (double arrow expand) and then double click on the video to toggle it fullscreen). Tested on windows 10 and Microsoft Edge / Firefox.
I visited Pooginook CP today for the first time in over a month. Saw many birds, quite a few photos. This was the first time I have seen an Owlet-nightjar for a long time; it was flushed from the ground and obligingly sat on a limb for quite a long time. Unfortunately conditions for photography were terrible, exposure on the bird was OK but the background sky is a "little" washed out. I have left the twig at top LHS because this is unedited other than a slight crop.
A nocturnal visitor to our back verandah earlier in the year. Identified as Achea serva by a moth expert.
A few minutes later, she finishes feeding (from the dead owlet?) and picks up a clump of feathers and departs. One owlet has a beak full of part of a wing (may have grabbed it from her beak) and struggles to swallow it. The remains of the owlet are now removed. The mouse that the male brought about 6 minutes before is untouched.
A First i thought i had just fallen lucky with the odd Little Owl, then I realised I had found its home, hunting grounds and play area, At this point i put myself into site protection mode, gained permission to get closer and more creative images. i hope you all enjoy these image I'm now releasing, its been a hard 5 month of wildlife studying. i think worth it in the end.
This was the hope that the parents would bring a Little Owl Owlet into the wildlife world, on this day it appeared posing for me.
Thank you for all the view and comments, and enjoyment out in the fields.