10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2014
There are birds more prized by North American birders than the Great Gray Owl , but not many*. Like many cold-weather creatures, the Great Gray Owl can to some extent trade altitude for latitude. We made our way to the spot that the owl had, according to our guides, last been seen. The owl wasn’t there.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2019
It is thought that this owl has always been rare. An individual was located in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thane district in 2014.” Nagzira Tiger Reserve: the Indian Wild Dog. 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
JANUARY 6, 2014
But, like everyone else, my 2014 year list started at zero and I couldn’t wait to get it going! Get to my early morning birding destination while it was still dark, sit in the car with the radio on to prevent the inadvertent identification of a run-of-the-mill bird by voice, and wait for a Short-eared Owl to fly past on the hunt.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
Yesterday I saw a Dark-eyed Junco while I was walking my dog. For some reason, this is the year that the masked butcherbirds have been around in my corners of Montana, with as many sightings for me in 2014 as in the rest of my life (including the other three years I lived in Montana) combined. It was the Slate-colored form, of course.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
Essay #158, “Things Birders Do: Big Years,” starts with the writer’s observation of a Barn Owl and then defines a Big Year, surprisingly celebrating it as opportunities for solitary introspection.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Eastern Screech-Owl – Megascops asio.
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