Photo Phriday 70
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I've had occasion to work with and photograph many species of owls. They've always fascinated me. With the exception of the Great Horned Owl, they don't compete with us to a great extent for the critters we raise (chickens in our yards) or the critters we hunt and trap. The Great Horned Owl, however, is certainly known to kill chickens, house cats, mink, marten, muskrats, pheasants, squirrels, quail, and a whole host of other critters. Boreal owl. Vole eater. Great gray owl. Despite its large size, pretty much lives on voles. Great horned owl. The "ultimate predator?" If there's a critter out there under 2 pounds, great horned owls probably kill and eat them. Northern hawk-owl. Mice and voles. Snowy owl. Lemmings and voles. Looking forward to Sharon's contribution. Bedazzle us Sharon! Jack
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Re: Photo Phriday 70
[Re: Gulo]
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Nice pics Gulo!
We have three or four on the farm (Great horned) that like to sing to us. Lately they start in on their hooting around 4-4:30 in the afternoon. My farm partner and I always joke that when the owls start hooting it's time to quit for the day.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Photo Phriday 70
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Wonderful shots, Jack, as always. My favourite owls are the Great Grey and the Pygmy, opposite ends of the size range ! I wish I had more work of them, but so far, this is the one Trapper's Post had me do a while back. I've heard those Great Horned will even go after skunks ! In studying up on them before I did this image, I learned the colour patterns, especially in the face, vary from east to western parts of the range they occupy. Some are more gray, and others bright beautiful chestnut browns.
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Re: Photo Phriday 70
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Fantastic pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Mac
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Re: Photo Phriday 70
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About 20 years ago I went on a fishing/camping trip to British Columbia. We stopped for gas and while stretching our legs noticed a stuffed Great Horned Owl in the station office. Later that day, stopped for lunch at a restaurant and they had a stuffed Great Horned owl on the wall. We saw several others that week, and thought it unusual. The last night on the way home, we camped next to a Canadian couple. I asked about the significance of the mounted owls. The fellow said he couldn't think of any special reason to have one, although his Grandma had one! So, does anyone have an answer for the love of stuffed owls in BC?
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About 20 years ago I went on a fishing/camping trip to British Columbia. We stopped for gas and while stretching our legs noticed a stuffed Great Horned Owl in the station office. Later that day, stopped for lunch at a restaurant and they had a stuffed Great Horned owl on the wall. We saw several others that week, and thought it unusual. The last night on the way home, we camped next to a Canadian couple. I asked about the significance of the mounted owls. The fellow said he couldn't think of any special reason to have one, although his Grandma had one! So, does anyone have an answer for the love of stuffed owls in BC? I house sat for an elderly man in Richfield,MN. His Sons family there had an old stuffed/ mounted owl. 1970s era
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12/02/22 04:38 PM
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That snowy owl is beautiful ! I had one hit me from behind while I was walking. It removed my hat and sat on a limb with it for a minute or so before dropping it.
Sharon. your art reminds me of several marten I have skinned that had obvious puncture marks from being grabbed by a bird of some sort. I always wondered why the bird let go. Then I would wonder if the bird grabbed the marten while he was in the trap. No answer of course. Maybe Gulo has some ideas about that I wonder, if the marten fought so energetically, that they either wriggled out of the owls talons, or the owl just dropped them in the scuffle . Another guess to add to the question . Why, even Jack could barely "fly the plane" with one bouncing off the windows !
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Jack....what's the folk lore about owls in your yard ?
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Re: Photo Phriday 70
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Dirty D - Excellent story sir! Thanks.
I've got a similar story that you may appreciate. Many years ago (summer 1974), I was working in the Snake River Canyon in west-central Idaho. One of my duties was to collect bats for identification. There were about 10 different species. Some were very difficult to identify, so having dead samples in hand was very important. I did a lot of mist-netting, but relied heavily on a 12-gauge. That was back in the time before white-nose syndrome, and killing bats was not taboo as it is today. I used to shoot over water quite often, as it was easier to find the downed bat. One evening I shot a bat that was downed on the water, and before I could retrieve it, a western screech owl plucked it off the water's surface. I also had smallmouth bass take them periodically.
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Jack....what's the folk lore about owls in your yard ? Nessy - The only thing I've heard is if an owl is hooting from your yard, someone's gonna die. We have Great Horned owls, screech owls, long-eared owls, and pygmy owls calling from our yard multiple times a week, and Yep, sure enough, our weekly newspaper confirms that someone died that week. Jack
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When my folks were PEACE CORPS volunteers near the Haitian border of the Dominican republic they told me that the campesinos around there went out of there way to kill all owls they spotted out of the belief that they were actually Haitian VooDoo practitioners in owl disguise coming around to create mischief.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Photo Phriday 70
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Sharon - You mentioned the different shades of great horned owls throughout their wide range. Even individuals can vary quite a bit from the same location, even within the same clutch. I picked up and photographed these two GHOs last winter near my house that were fresh roadkills. There's quite a difference between the two.
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12/03/22 12:03 AM
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Sharon - You mentioned the different shades of great horned owls throughout their wide range. Even individuals can vary quite a bit from the same location, even within the same clutch. I picked up and photographed these two GHOs last winter near my house that were fresh roadkills. There's quite a difference between the two. You are right, Jack. Just as siblings of other animals and even people, colour variations of them can be different. I am a student in constant learning I'm just happy to hear any of them calling , so I can log their sounds and listen for them at any time
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Here is a vid of Yupik eskimo dancing. The boys/men dance fans are usually made of snowy owl feathers. Womens fans are caribou hair. https://youtu.be/beU485BxqxsTrapping marten on the ground in my early years resulted in owl catches. Greys, Hawks, maybe pygmies? Made curried grey owl and rice once. Wouldn't recommend it.
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I copied this off the cover of the FHA Magazine a while back,thought it was a neat pic. Notice where the owl impaled the marten. Like a wolf crushing the windpipe.
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Owl won't get bit holding it like that.
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I came out one morning and this little owl was sitting on my shovel handle. later that day it stormed bad, and I was outside and noticed two ravens were hovering above him and had him pinned down on the ground at the door of my chicken coop. I went over and scared them away and he looked up at me and took off in the 50 mph winds and was gone.
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Wonderful shots, Jack, as always. My favourite owls are the Great Grey and the Pygmy, opposite ends of the size range ! I wish I had more work of them, but so far, this is the one Trapper's Post had me do a while back. I've heard those Great Horned will even go after skunks ! In studying up on them before I did this image, I learned the colour patterns, especially in the face, vary from east to western parts of the range they occupy. Some are more gray, and others bright beautiful chestnut browns. WOW!! BEAUTIFUL !!!
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Have always loved watching Snowy Owls. Some winters, not many and others they are very common. They can really devastate the Hungarian Partridge population though.
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I was head up to the lake property earlier this week and I pull over to the side of the road to get rid the burden I was carrying from drinking too much coffee that morning, I looked up and thought: "That might make a good picture". Amazing life you lead Beautiful picture Mark
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A wise old owl set on a oak The more he heard the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard Now wasn't that a wise old bird.
No matter where you go there you are.
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Beautiful photos as always Sir! Incredible talent Ms. Sharon.
I've seen where great-horned owls have killed young armadillos. They turn them over and eat them from the belly using the armadillo shell as a bowl.
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