Animal Humane Owls Science 
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
How much do you know about owls? I’ve been fortunate to encounter many owls in my birding life, sometimes because I’m looking for them, sometimes happily by happenstance. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read. I don’t think so.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
— and link that to something abut the Great Grey Owl and my BFF Analiese Miller who is an amazing, emerging, photographer who has recently trained her 300mm Cannon F4 lens on the birds (including the Great Grey) at Sax Zim. They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands.
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Critter News
MARCH 28, 2010
I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." It's in response to the pathetic CITES conference which basically screwed marine animal protection. Commerce vs. conservation is often at the center of environmental battles, whether they involve global warming or the spotted owl.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2013
We have citizen science projects like Project Feeder Watch headed by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This past winter was very good for the chance to see boreal owl species in the United States. Owls are cool looking birds that appeal to a mass audience, even people who are not birders. Others were angry that owls are baited at all.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2011
What does a Flammulated Owl do all night? And if you look into it enough, it presents a classic case where science can fail us. I believe in science. Science is based on logic and evidence, which I think is a very respectable way to look at the world. Science, for many years, has done no better.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2023
Wikipedia points out that the Black-winged Kite has some similarities with owls, in particular, the “owl-like forward-facing eyes with red irises” On Chongming Island, some of them seem to be relatively unafraid of people, at least by the standards of raptors. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2013
They are all wonderful people and they are all animal lovers. But I’ve learned we love animals in very different ways. I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods. ” My sister said, “Sounds like a plan to me.
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