10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2018

There are an additional 1,200 acres of surrounding protected refuge, supporting a documented 525 bird species! One of the highlights of birding in this Texas state park is the chance to see five owl species that breed here. Let’s enjoy the owls of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Eastern Screech-Owl. Mottled Owl.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Against all odds, this was a Great Horned Owl. Apparently, before his arrival, a pair of marauding Peregrine Falcons had harried the owl so that its only recourse was to drop into the water. Audubon has a nice video of the owl doing the breaststroke, along with comments from ornithologists.

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Owls Chicago Michigan Falcons 156

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

.” The Western Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) has had a compelling story and rallied the public around it for at least the last fifteen years as its population has declined at an ever increasing rate. These Burrowing Owl photos were taken at a rare breeding site in Vacaville California.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

It is thought that this owl has always been rare. A survey in 2011 in non-protected areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh confirmed the presence of the species at two locations. The post THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

The relatively flat and open grassland of Ruoergai is also good raptor country – raptor here being used in the broadest sense of the word, i.e., including owls and vultures. As a result of this ongoing tradition, local people continue to value and protect these scavengers.”

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Snowy Owls are iconic birds. You rarely find a person – birder or non – who doesn’t want to take a good long look at a bright white owl. And, of course, you rarely meet a photographer who doesn’t want to take a good close picture of a bright white owl. All of this brings me to my point.

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Owls New York illegal Protection 203

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The 2013 ‘Tyto alba’ from Companhia das Lezírias is a red wine from Portugal’s Tejo region, and – as you may have guessed from its name – there is in fact a Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ) on the label. With its ghostly visage and bloodcurdling, otherworldly screeches, the Barn Owl seemed like the perfect bird for a Hallowe’en wine.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2024

Iwokrama River Lodge , settled in along the banks of the Essequibo, nestled in almost one million acres of protected forest. Go owling, naturally! We took a short walk that only turned up a single species – but an incredible owl nonetheless. Of course, after a gruelling all-day drive, what do we do after dinner?

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Guyana Litter Owls Trinidad 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Spotted Owls depend on old growth forests, largely in national forests and parks in the Pacific Northwest. Thus, legal protections for endangered species and conservation generally are at their zenith on federal lands. Additionally, many federal lands have further protections. This includes the military.

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Virgin Islands Alaska United States Endangered Species 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field? Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field? By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share During a soccer game in Colombia, a player kicked an owl that was on the field.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Four-thirty and even five can work but to be comfortable with time to look for owls and other nocturnal wonders, I would go with a four a.m. resulted in just about every possible owl. The “Choco Screech-Owl” from Costa Rica, this picture is from the La Gamba area and is shown on the Costa Rica Birds Field Guide app.

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Costa Rica Owls Birds Protection 202

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. A longish drive – long enough to forget that he has actually promised us two owls. Manoj really knows his owls.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2022

For you, there are two Sentient chapters of special interest titled, respectively, “The Great Gray Owl and Our Sense of Hearing” and “The Bar-Tailed Godwit and Our Sense of Direction.”. Now, we know that owl hearing is extraordinarily acute, able to perceive the faintest rustlings of a vole under heavy snow.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2020

After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity. The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. Anti-social behaviour has degraded the ambience of the wood in the past. Feeder stations!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

He is also a sculptor and a naturalist and has combined his observations with his art in past titles, notably House of Owls (2015), In the Company of Crows and Raven s (2005), and Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget Sound (1982). The Barn Owl sweeps down in darkness at midnight, moonlight illuminated his wings and face. .”

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The end of September and early October is also the best time to see Oriental Scops Owls in Shanghai – though they can be hard to spot, being very good at hiding. If you think that these photos of the owl are sufficient … … you should probably skip the main part of this post. Here they are.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. 212) who trap, follow, and analyze the migration paths of Snowy Owls, a project founded in 2013, the magic year of the Snowy Owl irruption. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2020

Part of the Labudovo okno Ramsar Wetland and protected within the Deliblato Sands Special Nature Reserve , this section of the Danube, downriver from Belgrade, Serbia, is unique for its wide shallows, before the river narrows downstream from the village of Ram.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2013

Dimmy, whose name has been changed to protect the guilty, was driving down the Saw Mill Parkway, north of New York City, when she hit a large bird. She stopped the car, got out, looked at the front of her Hyundai SUV, and found a live Barred Owl stuck in the grill. Leaving the injured owl in her car’s grill. I kid you not.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2019

And the only birds known to actually attack humans, not just try to scare them with screeching and low flights, but to establish a full contact in protection of their offspring, were owls. And protect them, too. I would advise them to wear a hat, or protect a child with an umbrella for those 20 metres, but to no avail.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 16, 2023

So we just had a baby owl sadly die in our backyard. We just noticed the owl in it yesterday. Is there anything I can do to protect these babies from predators when I spot them next time. It was in a hole in our oaktree that we think a woodpecker made weeks ago. Its hard because I know im not supposed to touch them.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Birding that starts with the largest eagle of the continent certainly bears promises… The next stop is the town park in Opovo, north of Belgrade, where local bird expert Ceda Vuckovic reported one, locally rare, Short-eared Owl. Long-eared Owls are irresistibly cute. Not far from it, several Long-eared Owls douse in winter sun.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2018

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. Saw Whet Owl , Superior National Forest. After all, removing resources is the exact opposite of protecting resources.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

By protecting 25 free-flowing Alaskan rivers in their natural state, we are almost doubling the size of our Wild and Scenic Rivers System. ANILCA created, consolidated, expanded, or otherwise protected numerous units of federal public land systems, including: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

For 3-4 days, opt for the hills, Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary and the nearby Tara Mountain National Park with 140 species (not too much, but with Hazel Grouse , Ural , Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers among them). Long-eared Owls of Kikinda. Great Bustard Sanctuary. Djerdap National Park.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Roosting Great Potoo and Crested Owls! Centro Manu has those too, best of all, a pair of incredibly easy Crested Owls. Hopefully, Centro Manu guide and birder Kenneth will keep track of these and other roosting owls, several species are possible. Want to see a roosting potoo? Of course we all want that! We had excellent views.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2014

This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. An owl who eats a rat poisoned by a farmer or a pest-control company will die the same death as one poisoned by a homeowner. Read that again: it has no antidote.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

But I also dabbled in topics such as Snowy Owl eruptions, urban ornithology, window strikes, and eBird (of course). He then compared those habitats to protected areas, finding that much of the future habitat is currently unprotected. Thus, birds may be moving from protected areas to unprotected areas, creating a conservation mismatch.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2021

There is a substantial drop-off, so we are protected from crocodiles too. At night we were able to listen to Nankeen Night-herons , Boobook , Barking Owls , Tawny Frogmouths and Australian Owlet-nightjars. The below photos also show you the new water level after two weeks. New water level of the Fitzroy River.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

It is a non-drying, sticky compound that is used to protect trees by forming a barrier against climbing insects. This little Eastern Screech-Owl arrived sometime thereafter, and, no doubt, has regretted it every day for the last six months. At first Lisa Acton, the New York rehabilitator who took the owl in, thought he was dead.

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Vet Owls New York Wildlife 256

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

On the birding side of life, winter birds were still around, there will still chances at finding some rare owl or getting binoculars on an undulating bunch of crossbills but mostly, I was tired of the cold and just counting the days until Spring. Thanks to protection, tame and easy to see at various sites! Great Curassow.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

Screech-Owls! The revolution of splitting small owl species has finally caught up to Costa Rica. Rumor has it that Choco Screech-Owl might also make it onto the list. However, no matter how one enjoys or takes in interest in the avian side of life, an official list of the birds for a given area is of vital importance.

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Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 200

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Many of us picture owls in the sky, silently soaring, or perched atop tree branches or light poles as they sleep or keep an eye out for prey. However, on my first trip to Aruba I scanned the ground for a very special type of small owl, known for its terrestrial antics.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Thanks mostly to David Lindo, The Urban Birder, there are a few British bird groups touring the country every year now, even the BBC came to film the world famous Long-eared Owl gathering in the town of Kikinda with more than 700 birds in some winters. Rusanda is a shallow natron lake by the village of Melenci, 80 km north of Belgrade.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Their name, of course, comes from the fact that they grow a protective layer of feather down their legs for insulation. They spend the summer in the Arctic, nesting on cliffs, getting into skirmishes with Skuas , protecting their young from wolverines. And yet they do not. Pray that they are always so tolerant.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2016

If you see a flyer such as this and you’re unfamiliar with wildlife, you can 1) believe the hundreds of people who write things like “I know for a fact a Barn Owl can carry off a 3-pound Chihuahua!” All birds of prey are protected by state and federal law,” says Eileen Wicker. “If If you have a cat, keep it inside.

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Pets Barn Owls Kentucky Bald Eagle 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Established to protect a watershed and used for environmental education in the eastern Central Valley, Rio Loro has a few nice trails, picnic tables, and even has a small canopy tower (!). It didn’t open until eight but the visit was still a good one. In other words, it was the usual birding shenanigans.

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