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. As Tracey Ullman said at the end of her show, “Go home!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Owling on Christmas Bird Counts is a peculiar business. There’s the whole role of chance in owling, too. In birding, perhaps only the proverbial wild goose chase and snipe hunt rank below owling in terms of expected success. A pair of Great Horned Owls ( Bubo virginianus ) painted by John James Audubon for The Birds of America.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2023
Say, Bullock, Brewer, and Cassin will lose their English namesakes in the recently announced renaming game. Not only did my research show a lot of promising sites to visit, but I also have two good birding friends in the region, Laura and Brad. The prairie areas have Burrowing Owls amongst the bison and there’s Lark Buntings galore.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. “Do you think I’m Sexy?
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
And reports of birds nesting – not owls, of course, those weirdo snow fetishists, but other birds nesting – light up my life. Barred Owl Bombardment About the Author Carrie Carrie Laben, after years of writing and birding in New York State, moved to Montana to pursue her two great passions more effectively. Wicked, right?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
According to Wikipedia, “A l owl ife is a term for a person who is considered morally unacceptable by their community” The local Nanhui shrikes are well aware that the word “lowlife” has an owl hidden inside, and mark the appearance of owls in their territory with harsh protests. Not this one though.
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