10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2022

I remember leaping off the couch escaping whatever mundane conversation to run outside, eyes peering as far as possible into the night sky in an attempt to locate the Barn Owl whose shriek I had just heard. We lived among rolling hills that had seen many years as a sugar cane estate, but prior to that was lowland dry forest.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2020

At night, I could witness another expression of “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” A hotel owner in the local village had become aware of a Barn Owl pair in a tree high up and right next to the roof of his hotel, and was now charging Chinese bird photographers a modest fee for tea and access to the roof.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

And I did, in fact, see the Great Horned Owl , however briefly, as it flew away from what is apparently its standard perch. But neither of us expected a cypress we were walking by to start shaking and release an adult Barn Owl , which then flew away from us as fast as it could. That’s 100% Barn Owl butt, right there.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam! The two dogs walk right next to our rover and disappear in the dark. We turn back now – a cauldron of stew slowly cooked over the campfire the entire afternoon awaits us in the camp. Two young bull elephants slowly walk along the road in front of us.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2021

A Burnt out Barn Owl (Kruger Park, South Africa). A Snoozing Spotted Eagle Owl (Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa). A Sleepy Shoveller ( Northern Shoveller , Nanhui, Shanghai). A Tired Teal ( Eurasian Teal , Nanhui, Shanghai). African Penguins, asleep (Cape Town, South Africa).

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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!”

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2023

Even having a conversation at night can prove difficult, as we are often interrupted by the wail of a Common Potoo , or the intermittent hooting of a Tropical Screech-Owl. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls are fairly common as well, only last night a Barn Owl shrieked as it flew over.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Four hours of frolicking, friendly fun with unlikely duos – including a dog who swims for hours with his dolphin pal, a man who gives up eating poultry after befriending a goose, a house cat who has play dates with a barn owl, and a baboon who fosters a bush baby. They’ll warm your heart and put a smile on your face.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2012

Wander through my front door and glance upwards and you’ll find at least two watching you, a Tawny Owl and a Barn Owl , both sadly gathered as roadkills. Above our fireplace is a large painting of a Barn Owl.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The bird we hope most to see is the endemic Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow although Mary wants to see a Barn Owl just as much. Other birds are also possible, one day a Ringed Kingfisher flew over, we have heard Barn Owl , and on a recent evening, Mary and I glimpsed a probable screech-owl zip over the car.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Birds Conservation Barn Owl hawk raptors rat poison rats reckitt benckiser' Scroll to the bottom for a list of products you can boycott. Photos of Cooper’s Hawks by Tony Brake.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2012

The most common owls in the world are also in the Galapagos Islands and are considered subspecies that only occur in Galapagos, so one could almost say they are endemic subspecies. On the main Islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, and Isabela it is found near the garbage dumps where food (rodents) is plentiful.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

It was our second trip out on this piece of highway this year and sadly the second deceased Barn Owl. Unfortunately we have only ever seen dead Barn Owls in the Broome area and one day it would be nice to see a bird hunting over the land. Grass Owls are also present in the area, but remain off our bird list.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2012

In the three years that I have been birding in this crater I have seen five owls which are Rufous-banded Owl, Andean Pigmy Owl, Great-horned Owl, Barn Owl, and Burrowing Owl. So far I have only been able to photograph three: Great-horned Owl, Burrowing Owl, and Barn Owl.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2022

Bird at night and those same grassy fields could host Striped and Barn Owls. Listen for the subtle notes of Tropical Screech Owl. Keep birding in green space and you might hear a Laughing Falcon , might see a White-tailed Kite doing its “Holy Spirit” hovering moves. Any big trees nearby? Bobwhites persist.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

At night, we keep our eyes out for the passage of the neighborhood Barn Owl , oftentimes a Tropical Screech-Owl would hunt insects from a low perch on our almond tree. The elaenia and its close relative, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet are nondescript to the eye, but the complete opposite to the heart.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2018

Lead Feather was such an enjoyable cold-weather pint that I almost didn’t notice the Half Acre logo hidden on the back of the can, which is also avian-inspired, in a way: it features the unmistakable monkey-face of a Barn Owl head… but with tentacled octopus arms sprouting out from underneath. Just enjoy the beer.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2022

Including a bonus Great Horned Owl and a Barn Owl certainly was a nice touch. His family’s 7 hectares (17 acres) of wooded land includes a lovely grassy marsh. And the grassy marsh houses some Grass Wrens , which is a species I had never seen before.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2012

I’m hearing all kinds of owl howls, from Saw-whets at (where else?) Owl Woods and Short-eared Owls from New York to the Galapagos Islands. One birder known to many of us even had her life Barn Owl turn up in her backyard! I should have chased owls this weekend, but chose to work on my landscaping instead.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2018

Let’s enjoy the owls of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Eastern Screech-Owl. Great Horned Owl with owlet and dinner. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. As I am only a word herder with miniscule picture-making skills, my favorite wildlife photographers have graciously shared their work with us. Photo by © KS Nature Photography.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2015

We were not party to the count of the original decision, so it is not possible to say whether 34% share of the vote was an improved showing, but the Barn Owl in second place scored only 12% of the crosses, giving the Robin little cause for worry. The King is dead! Long live the King!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2014

Above the reed fronds, two Barn Owls were quartering, so white below that they appeared like pieces of paper quivering in the wind. Three more cranes… Barn Owls in thickening darkness… and the temperature goes down to 4°C. Marsh Harriers were coming to roost; too, more than 20 were already there.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2020

Maybe I will catch the faint notes of that Upland Sandpiper , maybe find a Barn Owl. I’m not sure if there will be more than a pauraque calling but it will be worth a shot because why not, it’s still GBD! Either way, the birding day is best started in proper pre-dawn fashion.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The nighttime version of this occurred at Louise Shimmel’s Cascades Raptor Center in Oregon, when her education director took their Barn Owl to the flight cage for some exercise. “He’ll knock over people’s cleaning buckets and run off with all their tools, then when they’re distracted, he’ll fly down and grab their hat.”.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2019

The Barn Owl was a cosmopolitan species, so as it is split the name has to be shared (American, western and eastern). All good and un-notable in the world of ornithology, were species are lumped and split so often that publishers no longer pretend their latest guide book is up to date. But the name… oh god the name.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2012

When visiting the Makgadikgadi Pans region we spotted several Marsh Owls quartering the pan fringes at dusk and, at Mowana Lodge in the Chobe, we had protracted views of their resident Barn Owl.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

With almost 1200 species of birds in the Capital Region, the house and roof steadily filled with Egyptian Vultures, Barn Owls, Hornbills, Black Ibis, Cattle Egrets, Steppe Eagles , a multitude of songbirds and pigeons , as well as the occasional cobra or palm squirrel.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2012

Turns out, there’s hardly a better place in America to have as your home base, if you’re doing owl research. Montana has records of fifteen species of owls, including Barn Owl , Burrowing Owl , Eastern and Western Screech Owl , and such heart-pounders as Great Gray Owl and Northern Hawk Owl.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2019

A few have also arrived but only stayed for a short time or just haven’t vocalized again (such as the Barn Owl that was screeching in the windy January night). Over the past six months, we have had some expected species and others less so. noisy, inquisitive Rufous-naped Wrens.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

The majority of our owls in North America also nest in cavities and I want to wrap this up with a few of my favorites, starting with the Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ). Like many raptors, the female Barn Owl begins incubating when the first egg is laid resulting in an asynchronous hatch.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2013

This rookery also housed nesting Barn Owls (not the bird box on the lower half of the pole on the far right). This is perfect for a small urban backyard. I got this photo from Wikipedia and it’s a version of a Chimney Swift tower.

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Animal Person

APRIL 11, 2009

From left, Toby, a stray Lakeland dog; Bramble, orphaned Roe deer; Buster, a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit; Sky, an injured barn owl; and Jasmine with a Mothers heart doing best what a caring Mother would do… Such is the order of God’s Creation. Link: [link].

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Research done on (live) Barn Owls provided proof that the hearing of juveniles is not mature until they are about four months of age, so under no circumstances do I release ones any younger. And would the response of the public be the same? Researchers can and do provide valuable information.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2018

Owls are mystical beasts that are well loved by both birders and those who casually look at birds. There are many species that captivate those looking at them: Burrowing Owls , Barn Owls , a variety of fishing-owls, Stygian Owl , Elf Owl , the list goes on and on.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2022

A Barn Owl slept peacefully on the inside of the roof of a well-visited tourist cafe. It warned me not to order the latte though – overpriced and not very good, according to the owl.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

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. The bird, which looked like a Barn Owl , was the mascot for the opposing team and died from its injuries. Video and desultory apology here.

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