10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
I’m to the point that I wish all the Snowy Owls in the US this winter would head back north. There’s been some confusing info because Project SNOWStorm also captured and put a transmitter on a first winter female Snowy Owl around the same time in the same area. I haven’t always had such a high opinion of falconers.
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
JUNE 14, 2011
But after spending time with experienced falconers in the field I have come to respect and admire the responsible practitioners of this, the sport of kings. It is only due to the strong bond (and association with food) between falconer and raptor that the birds return after a hunt. Survival of the fittest.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2014
Long-eared Owl – year round. I’d mention that within an easy 90-minute drive of the city are sites holding Lesser-spotted and Eastern Imperial Eagle , Red-footed Falcon , Roller , Black Stork , Savi’s Warbler , Ortolan Bunting , Wood Warbler , Barred Warbler , Tawny Pipit , Saker Falcon , Long-legged Buzzard , Bluethroat etc.”.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2020
You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Barn Owl (Tyto alba). Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops). Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba). Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). Little Owl (Athene noctua). Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2020
Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Black-and-white Owl – Ciccaba nigrolineata. Black-and-white Owl – Ciccaba nigrolineata. Tawny Owl – Strix aluco. 02 Dec 2019.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Sure, they’re beautiful and powerful, a reminder of the feral freedom of the skies. Twenty-nine raptor species are covered (no owls): twenty common migrant hawks and nine additional “Uncommon Migrants and Others.” I haven’t seen the whole video yet, but it looks promising.
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