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A Walk in the Desert

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During our tenure there, we had exceptional views of Africa’s largest ( Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl ) and smallest ( African Scops Owl ) owls, the largest bird on the planet, not neglecting numerous hornbills, sunbirds and weavers. Hunter’s Sunbird. Greyish Eagle-Owl. Dark Chanting Goshawk.

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Great Horned Owl Along Fellsmere Grade Road

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Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area , which is open to vehicles not driven by hunters on Mondays and Thursdays only. 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.

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

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Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. The forests are home to Kalij Pheasants , Crested Tree Swifts , Ashy Wood Swallows , owlets, woodpeckers, spider hunters, barbets and bulbuls, laughingthrushes and hornbills.

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Forest Bathing

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From what I’ve been hearing, sport hunters are chomping at the bit to also return to the forest in droves. During a two-year long moratorium on hunting in T&T, I had some of the most incredible birding experiences. A pair of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls called to each other, driving the passerine population into a panic.

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Birding in Place on Poas Volcano- What can You See?

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The following examples are some of the birding experience that awaits on Poas Volcano, Costa Rica: The Voices of Understory Birds. Keep watching and more will appear, maybe a flock of high flying Barred Parakeets , maybe even the hidden bird hunter of the dark woods, the Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2016)

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I’m happier now that I’ve added Short-eared Owl , never an easy sighting for me. As you can see from the feature pic, my lousy owl luck precluded me from getting too close to one of these crepuscular hunters. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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