10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

I’ve never been on an “owl prowl” before, and was thrilled that the one we joined turned up the promised quarry, and then some. Great Horned Owl babies peering out from their nest! Barn Owl babies peering out from their box! A Burrowing Owl peering at us from beside his burrow, and then making a hasty escape!

Nevada 191

Nevada Birds Barn Owls Cows 191

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.”

New York City 167

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 167

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.

Birds 116

Birds North America Breeding America 116

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

For many grassland species, our vast expanses of tilled and plowed fields, orchards and vineyards, pastures and rangeland offer an abundance of convenient food and shelter – and some bolder birds even wander indoors to find these things in our barns and stables.

Vermont 123

Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 123

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

When I first saw it I thought it might be a snowy or a barn owl because it was almost white. Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

2011 158

2011 New York Deer Birds 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam! The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. The two dogs walk right next to our rover and disappear in the dark.

South Africa 244

South Africa Africa Game Elephants 244

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2022

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

Mexico 245

Mexico Birds Virginia Barn Owls 245

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

The provision of housing and food is most gratifying, I have successfully spread this joy to one of my three neighbors, who now gleefully sends me pictures of the Cocoa Thrush family on his front porch, and Green Iguanas lounging in his avocado tree. Each year, I alert him to the arrival of our guest of honor – a female Yellow Warbler.

Opossums 264

Opossums Barn Owls Hunting Reptiles 264

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. For some reason, the largest member of the heron family is not called the Great Heron nor the Giant Heron but rather the Goliath Heron.

Birds 147

Birds Africa Eagles Barn Owls 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. 02 Jun 2019. 02 Jun 2019.

2019 125

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 125

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam! The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. The two dogs walk right next to our rover and disappear in the dark.

Africa 209

Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2013

When visiting Sydney I have in the past tended to visit birding sites near the coast and centre, by virtue of that being where my family is. On the way back to the headquarters we passed a barn that was the roost of an Eastern Barn Owl. Then, in the distance, another bird of prey, this time a Whistling Kite.

Parrots 148

Parrots Barn Owls Eagles Australia 148

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Another native bird that quickly showed itself to me in the capital was the Polynesian Triller , a member of the cuckoo-shrike family. One particularly nice sighting one evening involved one of the Pacific’s other widespread self-introductions, the Barn Owl , which floated across the golden sky at susnset.

Tonga 171

Tonga Fiji New Zealand Parrots 171

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. 13 Jun 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100