10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2016
Snowy Owl at Breezy Point photographed by Corey. Irruptions of Snowy Owls in 2011 and again in 2013 found these Arctic birds wintering well south of their usual range , in some cases straying down to Bermuda and even Hawaii. (I Many North American birders have, over the last few years, received a rare treat.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
The relatively flat and open grassland of Ruoergai is also good raptor country – raptor here being used in the broadest sense of the word, i.e., including owls and vultures. Little Owls have a somewhat less interesting diet consisting of insects, small mammals, and birds. Himalayan Marmot. Himalayan Pica.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2020
The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity. Anti-social behaviour has degraded the ambience of the wood in the past. Feeder stations!
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2023
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. I went to explore the best birding area of the national park, the legendary eastern levee, and this day started with another Little Owl in the next village.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2019
Back in the old place, there were more birds in the nearby coffee farm but it wasn’t easy to bird because I couldn’t see it from my door and there were stray dogs. The bird we hope most to see is the endemic Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow although Mary wants to see a Barn Owl just as much. Right at home.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2013
Let’s take a look at some of what lurks inside: Pygmy-owl split. Proposal 2013-A-2 would split the “Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl” ( Glaucidium cobanense ) of southern Mexico and northern Central America from the widespread Northern Pygmy-Owl ( G. gnoma ) on the basis of vocal differences and a discrete range.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
There’s always the possibility of Great Gray Owls , Northern Pygmy Owls , and Boreal Owls moving south and/or downhill in the colder months. Most exciting, there are already hints that Northern Hawk Owls may be on the move (although of course, one stray does not an irruption make.) Stay tuned to find out.
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