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JUNE 26, 2023

I think this owl fell from the nest. Should i do anything? It doesn't seem to know how to fly and it'sin my yard. there are cats in the area. Makes angry noises when i get too close. submitted by /u/mimoza33 [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2020

The Ural Owl inhabits old and undisturbed boreal forests, in an unbroken belt from Sweden and Finland across Russia to Japan, and is rarely seen to the south, only here and there, in the Carpathians (Slovakia/Ukraine/Romania/eastern Serbia) and Dinaric Alps (Croatia/Bosnia/western Serbia). managed to see it, his largest owl ever.

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Reddit Animals

JUNE 22, 2023

I found a hurt owl, it's wings seem and it's blind in one eye. Is there anyway I could help it, I didn't aproach it too close ( I was scared it'd jump at me), do I just leave it there? submitted by /u/Rendroid02 [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here are some of the questions that were running through my mind as I read Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl : (a) Is ornithological research always this dangerous? (b) The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Unlike last year, it’s not supposed to be a good season for “winter finches” in the Northeast this year, so I suppose I shouldn’t get my hopes up about even rarer irruptive visitors from the Great White North – birds like the Northern Hawk Owl. Right Brain Brewery: Northern Hawk Owl Amber Ale. But one can always hope – and look.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2019

October is a good month to see owls in Shanghai, where these birds are rare in most other months. Two species can be seen quite regularly – Northern Boobook and Oriental Scops Owl. In contrast, Oriental Scops Owls seem to often migrate in slightly larger groups of maybe 10 or so.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ? The world record 734 Long-eared Owls were counted here in December 2009, in the pines and spruces, lime, chestnut and nettle trees lining the central square by the orthodox church in Kikinda.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Although most of the threats to the Spotted Owl relate to its dwindling old growth forest habitat, it also faces potential threats from another bird. The Barred Owl has greatly expanded its range, such that it is now common in the Pacific Northwest.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

When he reached out to ask if he could contribute a piece to 10,000 Birds about about the ethics around the current Snowy Owl irruption in the central and eastern United States we were all for it! “In In support of the Snowys I will not be liking any more Snowy Owl photos.”. Snowy Owls have value. Species have value.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2018

Owls are mystical beasts that are well loved by both birders and those who casually look at birds. There are many species that captivate those looking at them: Burrowing Owls , Barn Owls , a variety of fishing-owls, Stygian Owl , Elf Owl , the list goes on and on. How dare I say such a thing!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Snowy Owl in Queens, New York, 1 December 2013. Snowy Owls have been sighted as far south as North Carolina and some locations have as many as seven! Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations. I certainly can’t.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Who doesn’t love a good owl? owls aren’t rare, but they are seldom easy. So imagine my delight to seeing a pair of African Scops-owls on the side of the road on a recent trip to Botswana. Owl number one is sleeping. Can you see them? And I spotted them, not the guide, a near-first. Note the huge ear tufts.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2018

I didn’t see any alcids and I didn’t see any terribly interesting ducks but I did find some Snowy Owls. So I was amazed when I did walk up from the water and found not one but two Snowy Owls sitting in front of me, about thirty meters apart, in perfect sunlight. The owl on the beach was totally bluffing. Unpossible!

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 4, 2015

The family of Great Horned Owls featured on OwlCam.co It all started a few years back when the current owner purchased … Continue reading → The post Great Horned Owls on camera! is just hours away from welcoming new chicks! There are 3 eggs, and high hopes that all will hatch. appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2013

As we might have already mentioned here on 10,000 Birds, this year is shaping up to be a historic year in terms of a Snowy Owl irruption. And because birders are often bloggers, the amount of material that has already been published regarding this invasion of big, white owls from the north is pretty impressive.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

What is it about Owls that casts such a spell over folk? A recent experience left me upside-down in a drift of pine needles as finding myself face-to-face with a Barred Owl was such a shock that I lost the power of standing. Owls were at the forefront of my mind, but then aren’t they always? Birds Barred Owl'

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2015

Cape Coral has a remarkable population of Burrowing Owls , cute little stilt-legged beasts we usually associate with the western part of the continent. You can tell which abandoned lots host owls by a small roped off area with the tell-tale t-bars that the owls perch upon. But daytime owls always look miffed about something.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

Broward County has one of the highest densities of Burrowing Owls in Florida. Not surprisingly, this brings Burrowing Owls into close contact with humans across the county. The Florida sub-species of Burrowing Owl is now classified as a threatened species in Florida and it is one of the rarest sub-species of Burrowing Owls.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 9, 2012

You might recognize one of the owls in the video below. VICE went to Italy to play, squeeze, hug, and cuddle some of the most adorable owls in the land! They are all very sweet. Luckily they made a video that we can share with you!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2018

One of the highlights of birding in this Texas state park is the chance to see five owl species that breed here. This is made even sweeter by the hope of seeing two extremely rare US visitors – the Mottled Owl and the Stygian Owl. Let’s enjoy the owls of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Eastern Screech-Owl.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

One of these names is Ulkavahini , the one who rides an owl. Lakshmi rides an owl as her Vahana (a spirititual being or animal that transports a God) and the Spotted Owlet has been chosen to represent the family. Birds Birds in Religion owls'

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

As we have already mentioned here on 10,000 Birds, Snowy Owls are in the middle of a pretty epic irruption , and they are facing all kinds of pressure, from people harassing them to crows and falcons taking exception to their presence. Peregrine Falcon dive-bombing a Snowy Owl by Tom Johnson. Can you blame it?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2013

As you can see in the picture above, all Snowy Owls do not just sit there like lumps of white awesomeness just waiting for a birder to come along and take their picture. Sometimes, if you are lucky, Snowy Owls fly! Well, I guess everyone knows that Snowy Owls fly – they certainly don’t walk from the Arctic.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2017

But I even surprised myself when I spotted two owls in a tree, on the passenger side of the road, doing nearly 70 MPH. They turned out to be juvenile Great Horned Owls , one of which was hiding on the nest until I showed up. I never did see an adult bird, but figured they were not to far away.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2014

We are lucky enough here in Broome to have a pair of Barking Owls that have chosen to roost in town. Over the years there have been Barking Owls observed in the Town Beach area and the Courthouse gardens and we have heard them “barking” at home as well. Barking Owls. Barking Owls -puffed out throat!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Towards the end of a beautiful day in Boston’s Mount Auburn Cemetery, I was investigating some Blue Jay alarms and suddenly found myself face to face with an Eastern Screech Owl. I moved slowly back and kept up a soothing mumble to reassure the owl that I was not a threat, then found a shady spot from which to watch. an owl a day.”

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Astute readers, er, well, readers with any brain activity at all, will probably have realized by now that the lump was a Great Horned Owl ! I got out of the car and watched the owl for awhile. Sadly, I lack a good microphone so you can’t hear the owls but you can see essentially what I was seeing.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2014

Ladies and gentlemen, I—and Steven Colbert—give you the Superb Owl. It’s about time that owls get their due, beyond just Hedwig from Harry Potter which is probably the main reason why the public gives a hoot about another Snowy Owl invasion. Also, special “get well soon” to Washington, DC’s Snowy Owl.). Is it ghostly ?

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

submitted by /u/Ur_average_guyguy [link] [comments].

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2014

There are birds more prized by North American birders than the Great Gray Owl , but not many*. Like many cold-weather creatures, the Great Gray Owl can to some extent trade altitude for latitude. We made our way to the spot that the owl had, according to our guides, last been seen. The owl wasn’t there.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A family of owls, affectionately called the Potted Plant Owls have taken up residence in a potted plant on the the balcony of South African couple Allen and Tracy. Their natural habitat is under threat, as housing developers plan to build on the neighboring wetland, effectively destroying the owls’ remaining hunting ground.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2014

You especially need to watch out for drunken owls driving cars. Or maybe you need to watch out for drunken humans who think they are owls driving cars ? Either way, claiming as your alibi that you are an owl in a tree after crashing your car while drunk and running into the woods to escape the police is probably not going to work.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

I have to say that pretty much every time that I see a great photo of an owl in flight, swooping down from a perch or low to the ground, in invariably think to myself “that was baited” I might be wrong, but I’m willing to bet that I am right far more often than I am wrong. Today she found her owl. I know where I do.

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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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2012

These adaptations for avoiding predators has allowed most species of owls to flourish in their own habitat albeit, with reclusive habits. Finding an owl excites the unexcitable and even the most seasoned birders. I can speak for myself and say that finding any owl makes me stop in my tracks.

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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. Birds falconry snowy owls' Go home now!”

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