Owls of Idahoo (i.ibb.co)
State 12 of 50...
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State 12 of 50...
Northern Hawk Owls are thought to detect prey primarily by sight. Along with their tendency to hunt in the daytime, their symmetrical ear openings are cited as evidence for daytime hunting—their ears presumably have less acute hearing than the asymmetrical ear openings of species such as Boreal and Great Gray Owls.
The Who’s Hoo of Cape Town...
In looking up the Pueo today, I learned Hawaii also had some giant terrestrial owls, somewhat like the large flightless birds in Australia/NZ. Sadly, they disappeared after people came around, so there is no real evidence of what they looked like. All we know is from remaining bones....
From The Hawaii Wildlife Center’s Facebook feed:...
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/4106596...
State 10 of 50...
Those look like lion paws!...
State 9 of 50...
Since Delaware got screwed over yesterday, here is article about all the owls of Delaware....
It seems a bunch of Lemmy instances are blocking image uploads for a while. Some bots have been uploading some very non-superb content....
State 8 of 50...
State 8 of 50...
This fellow was spotted at the local Aldi today.
Which kind of owl person are you?...
State 7 out of 50...
Came across the little guy on the site for the Birds of Prey Foundation....
Today’s photo is from Ojai Raptor Center. . They have a pretty darn good website and social media pages. Most of these rescues have pretty basic ones, but these guys are on top of it. The release videos are good. The transport boxes look like big Happy Meal boxes so it’s like they got a really good toy with their kid’s...
Bogart is at Raptor Rehab....
She looks pumped to see you....
Tito got rescued from a bird attack by the Alaska Raptor Center....
Thinking back to an earlier post, someone said they wished they had a place to see owls near them. So starting now and until I get bored, I’ll try to post the 50 United States of Owls....
This is Weird Alice from The Raptor Trust in northern NJ. Pic from their Facebook feed....