10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Genevieve is awesome, but she is not a birder, and she guesses that the bird on her screen might be a young Golden Eagle. And that confusion, as often as not, results in someone calling something an eagle when it is not an eagle. People have heard of eagles. Hence, people are all the time telling me they saw eagles.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2012

For many birders, the Pel’s Fishing Owl roosts in a lofty position on just such a list. One of the most highly desirable birds in the world, the Pel’s Fishing Owl is a true phantom. Found patchily in sub-Saharan Africa, this large, ginger-colored owl can never be guaranteed on a trip to the continent.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Last winter, a pair of Great Horned Owls took up residence in a spiny locust (?) Photographers would stand directly beneath the nest, causing the owls a bit of anxiety. This owl just happened to be sitting very low and very close last week. For an owl, that’s a very low nest. Little wonder the owls chose it.

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Owls New York Rights Eagles 222

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

managed to see it, his largest owl ever. How I managed to ID the Ural Owl so easily with such a short observation window, beats me. How I managed to ID the Ural Owl so easily with such a short observation window, beats me. Cover photo: Ural Owl Strix uralensis by Serge Serebro / Wikimedia Commons. Fortunately, B.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2017

You see, after 17 years living and traveling full time on our 40′ Sailboat “Eagle” we have decided it was time for a change. But I even surprised myself when I spotted two owls in a tree, on the passenger side of the road, doing nearly 70 MPH. I never did see an adult bird, but figured they were not to far away.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

Give it a few more years and there’s a good chance that it will be split into a full species, just like the Cyprus Scops Owl. Eastern Imperial Eagles once bred in the Troodos, but the last birds disappeared over 30 years ago. In 2007, a Bateleur Eagle was seen on Cyprus, the first record for Europe.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

.” My question that I hope you can help me with is what would be considered a safe distance to photograph Northern Saw-what Owls? Would this be considered a threat to these owls?” First I applaud the photographer for actually asking the question of how close to get to a Saw-whet Owl. Six feet from a saw-whet?

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Owls Barn Owls Agenda Zoos 262

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Over the past two weeks, an incursion of Snowy Owls ( Bubo scandiacus ) has spread rapidly across the Great Lakes region and down the Atlantic Coast, as far south as North Carolina. This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex.

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Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

Fresh off one of the most adrenaline-pumping posts about eagles I’ve ever read , Goldeneagle Cooper at Tezini turns his ornithological eye toward the awesomeness of owls. What’s not to love?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2013

An Imposing Great Gray Owl, by Carlos Sanchez. Great Gray Owl , Northern Hawk Owl , Snowy Owl – this trinity captures the imagination of most birders with their imposing presence, unique adaptations, and beauty as among the most desired species of bird to see in the world.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Costa Rica’s winning combination of small size and distinct habitats makes it possible to connect with species as different as Snowcap, Crested Owl, White-throated Magpie-Jay , and glittering tanagers in a matter of thirty-six short hours, even quicker if you push your luck (and your vehicle). the male coquette. the female coquette.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The sole addition to the life list is the notable Steller’s Sea Eagle that was seen in several places in Maine, an event that made the national news in the Washington Post. Here are the most recent ten, and they are as elusive as you might expect: 692: Steller’s Sea-Eagle. 691: Northern Pygmy-Owl. 691: Northern Pygmy-Owl.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2023

Booted Eagle by Kostas Papadopoulos The next morning was a lazy one, a late breakfast and even later excursion. To round up the day, in our base-village of Chrisochorafa, we later had one adorable Little Owl just a few hundred metres from our hotel. Later in the day, roadside birds included a Booted Eagle and a Levant Sparrowhawk.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2012

Robert Mortensen just put together a matrix of Birder Personality Profiles. Think you fall into any of these types?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2021

It was an unexpected bird tour, without too much planning and aimed at a few target species, of which we saw most, but the main one eluded us… Early morning, leaving the last houses behind… and a Little Owl awaits us on a traffic sign. That tall poplar, they often stand there… there’s an eagle!” “In who dipped it). In that poplar?” “No,

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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.” Thus her story becomes “braided with two ecologies – the ornithological and the personal.”

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Barn Owls Owls Serbia Finland 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Wintering Wallcreepers are always a possibility, too, generally in quarries where Eagle Owls are resident. Rock Nuthatches can be elusive Mention of Eagle Owl brings me to to rich variety of raptors to be found here in winter.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Though the late night Barred Owls were nice and the Bald Eagle hanging out on the lake was very pleasant, Corey most preferred when he came across a mixed flock of wood-warblers. The reward for my long vigil was catching one still in its calico plumage. Corey spent his weekend camping in the wilds of the western Catskills.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Already recorded this winter are Black-throated Diver , Goosander and several Greater Scaups , together with Ferruginous and Tufted Ducks and the regulars, Common Goldeneye , Caspian Gull , Pygmy Cormorant and White-tailed Eagle. Bring a thermos of coffee and a flask of some fire water, there’s nowhere to hide from the elements.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Frankly, if the name of the Bald Eagle was North Korean Eagle ( Haliaeetus coreaseptentrionalis ?), Apart from the crane, some Long-eared Owls were the highlight of this short trip for me. it would not be the national bird of the USA either. I recently watched an online advertisement for The Economist.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

And with Stranger than Fiction , a porter, we got a beautifully painted Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo ). In Life in the Clouds, Dos Diaz’s Barn Owl glides over a haunting dreamscape of deep purple roses and thorns at dusk, dimly illuminated with a soft ultramarine glow.

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Collecting Barn Owls Owls Philadelphia 159

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. A longish drive – long enough to forget that he has actually promised us two owls. Manoj really knows his owls. Two owls and a nightjar!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2020

Very similar to Hatarica (1/1) , characteristic birds of these dry and sunny areas are Eurasian Hoopoe , European Bee-eater , European Turtle Dove ; Little Owl , Red-backed Shrike , Woodlark , Skylark and Crested Lark , Sand Martin , Barred Warbler , Northern Wheatear , Tawny and Tree Pipits , Icterine Warbler.

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Mali Serbia Eagles Birds 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

Find Some Roosting Owls. I recall how western New York artist Betsy Potter found owls, one Saw-whet after another. One of my oldest birding friends, Betsy and her husband Willy D’Anna took me birding on many occasions and quite often, Betsy was carefully searching for owls. A roosting Crested Owl at Rancho Naturalista.

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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 Tired Teal ( Eurasian Teal , Nanhui, Shanghai). African Penguins, asleep (Cape Town, South Africa). A Somnolent Speckled Mousebird (Cape Town, South Africa).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2020

Since you won’t be seeing any cardinals, eagles, falcons, ravens, or seahawks in the Super Bowl this weekend, you’ll have to search for them outdoors instead. Maybe we’ll all score looks at a Superb Owl or two. Hopefully some birds show up this time!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Roosting Great Potoo and Crested Owls! Centro Manu has those too, best of all, a pair of incredibly easy Crested Owls. Hopefully, Centro Manu guide and birder Kenneth will keep track of these and other roosting owls, several species are possible. Short-tailed Hawk, Black Hawk-Eagle, Brown-capped Tyrannulet , and other species.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Travel onto the world famous Kaziranga National Park and you will have very good chances of more endangered species such as Pallas’s Fish Eagle , vultures, Swamp Francolin , and both species of Adjutant Storks. On night drives here looking for Eurasian Eagle Owl and nightjars you have a very good chance of seeing Striped Hyena.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The first stop of the morning: young White–tailed Eagle , right next to the road and several dozen Rooks around. The winter of 2014 is quite warm and the numbers are much lower, but the Opovo record, as counted by Vuckovic, is 250 owls. Long-eared Owls are irresistibly cute. Birding city birds Europe owls Serbia'

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Serbia Owls Rodents Eagles 239

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

Dalmatian Pelicans and Eurasian Spoonbills were flying above the beach, sometimes above the hotel garden, while Golden Oriole and Scops Owl could be heard. I do not remember such salt-scented air anywhere else in Greece. A bit later on, saltworks contained more than a hundred Greater Flamingos , plus one of several roadside European Rollers.

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Greece Pelicans Birds Otters 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

A pair of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls called to each other, driving the passerine population into a panic. It was difficult to ignore the din caused by the pygmy-owls, and eventually we caved to curiosity and followed our ears. The tiny terror, a rather annoyed Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. High in the sky, but better than nothing.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2019

Collared Scops Owl – A Cat Head Eagle. For some of the more common or exciting birds, I know the Chinese names as well, such as Maotouying for owl (literally “cat head eagle”, which I think is both cute and accurate) or Xianbasedong for Fairy Pitta (“eight color fairy thrush”).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2013

Xena is a Eurasian Eagle Owl. Owls are smart birds and need stimulation, so they’d supply her with an endless array of toys … including, one day, a roll of toilet paper. And considering Eagle Owls are capable of taking down young deer, we don’t want her throwing too many tantrums. Check out her Facebook page.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Raised Eagles Owls 166

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2015

Picture 2: Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina. Andrea was driving along the western shore of the lake when a large raptor appeared in front of us – Booted or Lesser Spotted Eagle? Yes, those were four eagles in 20 minutes. And some more movements: very high, two or three Short-toed Eagles are soaring in the blue sky.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Eagles with appealing names like Fragile Eagle and Errant Eagle , as well as the extant Golden Eagle. And a few victims are birds that just came down to drink at the wrong place and the wrong time, birds like Passenger Pigeons and California Turkeys , and also birds like Great Horned Owls and American Goldfinch.

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California Condor Coyotes Eagles Turkey 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

How much do you know about owls? I’ve been fortunate to encounter many owls in my birding life, sometimes because I’m looking for them, sometimes happily by happenstance. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read. I don’t think so.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2019

Stranger Than Fiction comes to us from Collective Arts Brewing of Hamilton, Ontario, and features what appears to be a portrait of a Eurasian Eagle-Owl on its can art, painted with a boldly textured vibrancy by Waterloo artist Jeff Dillon.

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