seen from Puerto Rico
seen from United States
seen from Mexico
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from Switzerland
seen from China
seen from Greece
seen from South Korea
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Russia
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seen from United Kingdom
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Ninox owl - round 1, section 1
Which is the best bird?
Rufous owl
Northern boobook
Hume's boobook
Powerful owl
Barking owl
Australian boobook
Tasmanian boobook
Morepork
Chocolate boobook
Brown boobook
Andaman boobook
Luzon boobook
northern white-faced owl if it hasn't been done yet?
It certainly hasn't been done yet, good choice!
Have you seen the northern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis)?
I have now
Yes, in photos/videos
Yes, irl
I'm not sure
Baby tawny owls snuggling
Photo: Steve Robinson
🇨🇦Great horned owl by Dave Wong
When owls find their way onto isolated islands lacking any terrestrial predators, they have a tendency to take up that role for themselves – evolving longer legs and shorter wings, and specializing more towards hunting on foot. From New Zealand to Hawaii to the Caribbean to the Mediterranean to Macaronesia, leggy island ground-owls have independently happened over and over again in the last few million years—
—And, unfortunately, they've all also become victims of the Holocene extinction, their fragile island ecosystems too easily disrupted by human activity and the arrival of invasive species.
The São Miguel scops owl (Otus frutuosoi) was found only in the Azores on São Miguel Island. About 18cm tall (~7"), it was slightly smaller than its relative the Eurasian scops owl, with longer legs, a wider body, and much shorter wings.
Its wing proportions indicate it would have been a poor flyer, instead primarily hunting on foot in the dense laurisilva forests. Since there were no terrestrial mammals or reptiles on São Miguel at the time, its diet probably mainly consisted of insects and other invertebrates – and it would have in turn been the potential prey of larger predatory birds like buzzards and long-eared owls.
All currently known subfossil remains of the São Miguel scops owl date only from the Holocene, between about 50 BCE and 125 CE. It's likely that it was extinct by the 1400s, following the settlement of humans in the Azores, destruction of its forest habitat, and the introduction of rodents, cats, and weasels.
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out here losing my mind over the fact it's listed as true owl
the false owl. the heathen fake owls.
Look a group of owls is also called a parliament, this shit writes itself. It's a story about the socio-economic struggles of a young burrowing owl called Plucky, in a humanoid owl based society hellbent on separating the classes based on lineage. The elitist true owl families cast him out for he does not belong. He must fend for himself as a scavenger until he meets his new found home among the 'false' owls. It's a story of found family, inequality, love, war, adventure, and it's a coming of age hero story as Plucky proves himself as a capable and trustworthy leader that leads the dissolution of the separation of families.
I was going to paint feathers today, but this has totally derailed me (posted out of order, 22 Sep)
West American Long-eared Owl (Asio otus tuftsi), adult female DSD_4854 by fotosynthesys
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
