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Pygmy owls are only about 7" high but are ferocious hunters with a taste for songbirds.
I think he chased a sparrow into our window which he also hit. They both flew off but before this owl did he sat in a tree in my backyard for several minutes! I have not seen them in my yard before so this was a special sighting for me.
These owls are 16-18cm. tall (6.3-7.1") They hunt during the day searching for songbirds, mice, and voles. They frequently prey on birds and mammals larger than itself. Songbirds will sometimes gather to "mob" a pygmy-owl discovered in daylight to chase him away.
I went on a birding tour yesterday in hopes of finding one and was so excited to finally do just that!
Hippocampus pontohi, also known as Pontoh's pygmy seahorse or the weedy pygmy seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae native to the central Indo-pacific.The weedy pygmy seahorse is a small fish which can reach a maximum length of approximately 1.7 cm, which makes it one of the smallest representatives of the seahorses. Romblon, Philippines.
He got prey about 100 ft away and took off to this mossy branch for us to photograph about 20 minutes at sunset yesterday.
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We were watching the owl hunt for over an hour last night it captured this shrew right in front of us. Yesterday was one of those epic days with my friend Anthony we found Pygmy Owls, Black Bears plus magical forests.
I spot metered as the light was fading fast although I don’t normally like a dark background here it helps subdue background distractions.
The Northern Pygmy-Owl may be tiny, but it's a ferocious hunter with a taste for songbirds. These owls are mostly dark brown and white, with long tails, smoothly rounded heads, and piercing yellow eyes. They hunt during the day by sitting quietly and surprising their prey.
Eurasian pygmy owl, Glaucidium passerinum, varpuspöllö, Finland.
Not much birding activity lately but one recent highlight was this pygmy owl which I photographed from car window on a very dull day.
Photographed along the lower reaches of Bethel Ridge. Thank you Jeff Bixler for finding and pointing out this little nuthatch. IMG_6598
My husband and I saw these two cuties on Thanksgiving Day in Costa Rica! We heard a weird call by the hotel pool and then my husband spotted these two ferruginous pygmy owls with the binoculars. What a find :-)!
"The Northern Pygmy-Owl may be tiny, but it’s a ferocious hunter with a taste for songbirds. These owls are mostly dark brown and white, with long tails, smoothly rounded heads, and piercing yellow eyes. They hunt during the day by sitting quietly and surprising their prey. As a defensive measure, songbirds often gather to mob sitting owls until they fly away. Mobbing songbirds can help you find these unobtrusive owls, as can listening for their call, a high-pitched series of toots."
Well after driving around for almost 5 hours - stopping - looking - seeing nothing - we finally saw this owl. I feel that we were very lucky. This was a cooperative owl who moved around onto about 10 different perches. Most of the time he was surrounded by branches or in poor light, but I finally managed to get him on a clean perch in open shade. I took over (gulp) 1000 shots!!! We had 16 minutes with him before he flew off.
A Pygmy owl is always a pleasure find, but find it with some fall colors in the background and then it becomes extra special.
Martín Pescador Enano, American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea.
Especie # 1.594
Parque Isla de Salamanca
Departamento de Magdalena
Colombia
A ferruginous pygmy owl seen in Costa Rica. It later joined its mate and they both sat on the same branch together.
A Northern Pygmy-Owl in Ketchum Idaho. The owl was looking at some Black-billed Magpies that were pestering and pecking him. He finally flew away. I hope it got some peace from the annoying Magpies.