10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2023
She starts with the Barn Owl, and proceeds in her book, one owl per chapter, usually informed by an expert guide of some sort, such as Luke, an officer in Britain’s Barn Owl Trust. An Englishwoman, she thought, originally, that she would stay within the British Isles, to see the five or six native species.
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2021
So I contacted him for the exact location, which turned out to be a beautiful 14-acre property that belongs to his family, and he kindly invited me over. And I did, in fact, see the Great Horned Owl , however briefly, as it flew away from what is apparently its standard perch. That’s 100% Barn Owl butt, right there.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2024
And two Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls toot-toot-tooted from the brush. There is also a family of Barn Owls on the premises, and I have briefly seen the largest of them (enormous!) A Roadside Hawk perched on a post next to, of course, a road. We were unable to see them, but both showed up for photos the next morning.
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.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
This is followed by tales of birds like Barn Owls and Rockhopper Penguins, whose over-reproductive habits practically guarantee that some nestlings will die. If this wasn’t a book about science, I’d say that it was deliberately planned by the nature gods to encourage birding tourism.)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
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.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2019
Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”
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