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Asian Barred Owlet, Glaucidium cuculoides, 斑頭鵂鶹, Mai Po Nature Reserve 米埔自然保護區, 29 Nov 2015 (D4s, AF-S NIKKOR 600MM F/4G ED VR)
Cute little owlet spending the day in the grass.
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A lovely green owlet moth, Lacinipolia sp., that visited our blacklight. Cape May, New Jersey, September 26, 2017.
Owlet Hall is located near to Whittaker Golf Club. Originally part of the Pike House Estate belonging to the Beswicke-Royds family, it was auctioned off in 1945 with 4 acres of farm land. Thanks to Iain Bowden for the photo.
It's tough growing up . . . learning to fly . . . hunt . . . find enough food to survive. It was much easier living in a nest and having nest service.
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The Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from 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. The species is absent from Sri Lanka, although the birds are found across the Palk Straits, just 30 kilometres away at Rameshwaram. Nests near human habitations may show higher breeding success due to increased availability of rodents for feeding young. The species shows a lot of variation including clinical variation in size and forms a super species with the very similar Little Owl.
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This owlet was getting excited and kept branch leaping before feeding time. As you can see its on her favourite branch too!
My favourite female baby owlet, the smallest and most beautifully marked.
This is at full zoom (see other photo of the tree and you can see how good my zoom is), I am in complete camo but I sense she is no fool and can easily see the lens moving/glass reflection of the camera movement.
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.
The spotted owlet is a small and stocky bird, barely 21 centimetres (8.3 in) in size. The upperparts are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the iris is yellow. There is a white neckband and supercilium. Sexes are similar. The flight is deeply undulating. The nominate form is darker than the paler forms such as indica of drier regions.
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.
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.
A couple of owlet moths at our porch light and blacklight at night. JE Canyon Ranch, Las Animas County, Colorado. September 8, 2019.
Jardin Botanico, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, MX
One of the most amazing butterflies I've ever seen!
Trust me, with those wee naked dinosaur feet, the snow wins. Owlet and all the rest of the birds much prefer being dry in the run and coop!
I apologize for being so...scattered. I'm not happy about it, either. ;) 2024 was very, very difficult, first with bizarre, unexplained health
that still keep me from leaving the house for more than a couple of hours, then losing Lu and Latte within two months of each other. It was rough. But you know what? This time last year I had already been in and out of the ER and specialist's offices probably half a dozen times since New Year's Day! Not so this year. So that's a big improvement for which I am very grateful! My office makeover is done, and it's wonderful; now we need to build an external office for my husband so I can have my office back more. So those are wonderful things for which I am grateful and happy. :)
On it's favourite perch. Quite funny watching the owlets trying to get the best position on a branch to be feed before the others but the mother seems to know the youngest to feed first before the older ones tonight.
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.
The spotted owlet is a small and stocky bird, barely 21 centimetres (8.3 in) in size. The upperparts are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the iris is yellow. There is a white neckband and supercilium. Sexes are similar. The flight is deeply undulating.
Another one from my series of owl pics ... Love the way this one stood errect when he/she saw me approaching ...
The Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) is an owl which breeds in tropical Asia from India to Southeast Asia. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.
Spotted Owlet is a common resident bird in open habitats including farmland and human habitation. It nests in a hole in a tree or building, laying 3-5 eggs.
The Spotted Owlet is small (21cm) and stocky. The upperparts are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the eyes are yellow. There is a white neckband. Sexes are similar. The flight is deeply undulating.
This species is nocturnal but is sometimes seen in the day. 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. The call is a harsh chirurr-chirurr-chirurr.
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.
look at that foot and those talons! this is one of the "babies" ... looks pretty well-developed.
today on my lunch hour, i only saw one adult and this owlet. couldn't find the other two youngsters. last night after work, at about 6:00 pm, i couldn't find any of them. i hope that means the kids are out exploring on their own.