10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2022
While preparing an article this week for a local newspaper on the nighttime denizens of Tobago, it crossed my mind that I never considered owls as a group, far less target species for any particular outing (except for a select few, upon which I shall expound here). Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Mottled Owl.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2023
Miriam Darlington determined to take on an owl quest, to immerse herself in their world, as she says, and also to find out how they are immersed in ours – to “look into the mythology, kinship, otherness and mystery that wild owls offer.”
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2020
Predictably, the flowers attract several species of sunbirds. Apparently, many bird species have employed the same concept as me for a long time. As we humans are animals, like birds are, it often seems to make more sense to me to assume that their and our drivers are similar, not different. To me, this often misses the point.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2022
They are places where we invest most of our birding time and rightly so; mature tropical forests are where we find the highest number of species. Additional bird species prefer the sun-drenched vegetation of open fields and other edge habitats. Bird at night and those same grassy fields could host Striped and Barn Owls.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. How it is being affected by human intrusions?
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2013
It helps if you can understand owl behavior. I worked with education owls for over ten years, from Great Horned Owls to Saw-whet Owls (above bird). For example, the above saw-whet looks like its sleeping because that’s what owls do during the day and its eyes are closed…not exactly.
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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