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Bellwoods Brewery: Barn Owl No. 14

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Why go to all the trouble of splitting a pomegranate, only to leave it out for a squirrel and some European songbirds to nibble? Bellwoods Brewery of Toronto, Ontario didn’t necessarily intend their Barn Owl No. Barn Owl No. An Owl’s Lunch , attributed to 18th-century English painter George William Sartorius.

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Backyard Beneficiaries

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I’ve noted at least nine species of reptiles and amphibians, even our native opossum and squirrel. 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. Of course, various species of bats as well.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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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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Cavity Nesting Birds of North America and Their Babies!

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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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Where the Kingfishers Are

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We soon located two nests of Eastern Barn Owls , but were unable to find the Sooty Owls that make the site a drawn for many birders. The highlight of the night was a Striped Possum, a large squirrel sized possum with black and white striped fur.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana). Barn Owl (Tyto alba). Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops). Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba). Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). Little Owl (Athene noctua). White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica). Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis).

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Collaborative list November – 2021

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66 Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. 181 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 182 Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. 183 Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. 184 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 185 Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps.

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