10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2023
The Japanese Scops Owl has the same word in its name ( Otus semitorques ), but I could not find an explanation for that either. Fortunately for them (though less so for the cuckoo), in one experiment they ejected 100% of all cuckoo model eggs. The other is the Crested Finchbill.
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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10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2023
A paper reports on how a female Common Cuckoo was mobbed and killed by Oriental Reed Warbler hosts. Not only does this species directly parasitize other species but also metaphorically, by imitating the sparrowhawks in its appearance and thus deterring potential predators.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2013
In addition to longtails and rats, Wingate battles developers (of course), a rare Snowy Owl that kills 5% of the cahow population (Wingate shoots the owl, to the dismay of many), and the U.S.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. history; they killed a young boy just to prove they could commit the perfect crime and were the models for the murderers in Hitchcock’s film Rope. Leopold and his friend Richard Loeb are two of the most infamous murderers in U.S.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher – Chloroceryle inda.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. 13 Jan 2018.
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