From Chris Adams
A familiar neighborhood Great Grey owl. Nicknamed “Postman” this guy for two months straight would sit on this particular fence line hunting till the sun went down. The most reliable and chill owl I’ve met to date. - in Bemidji, MN.
From Chris Adams
A familiar neighborhood Great Grey owl. Nicknamed “Postman” this guy for two months straight would sit on this particular fence line hunting till the sun went down. The most reliable and chill owl I’ve met to date. - in Bemidji, MN.
Interesting! I had no idea. He was preening himself in the sun. I got a few pictures, but they’re kind of blurry.
I would love to have gotten a picture of the spectacled owl because the colors are so striking, like you said.
The Uhu (eagle owl) had pretty orange eyes. I was hoping to see its wingspan to see how it compares to a Great Horned Owl.
The snowies are all born dark colored, then their adult feathers grow in spotted, and males will lose most of all of the spots with age.
I tried for a while to look up a source that had sizes for both GHO and Uhu, but since they’re so widespread, the ranges are so all over the place. Your average one of each is going to be 20-30% larger and heavier for Uhu if you’re comparing the same sex. Females are going to be the large ones of almost every raptor species.
Interesting, thanks for the pics! I’d never seen the babies or young birds before. They’re like the white horses, then, that are born dark and get lighter with age. Some of the Lipizzaners stay dark brown their whole life, though. They’re rare and considered to be lucky.
That is very cool about the horses! I didn’t know that.