from Golden Gate Audubon The California Spotted Owl: New Research on Fire and Forest Management Thursday, February 17 via Zoom — 7 p.m. Presenter: H. Anu Kramer Visit our website for the Zoom link and passcode.
California Spotted Owl: New Research on Fire and Forest Management 2/17/21 — Natural History Wanderings
from Golden Gate Audubon Bringing Back the Burrowing Owl Thursday, October 21 via Zoom — 7 p.m. Doug Bell and Shawn Smallwood Once thriving in the East Bay, the Burrowing Owl has been forced to move inland and the consequences for many have been fatal. Conducting long-term research on these colonies, Shawn Smallwood and Doug Bell […]
Bringing Back the Burrowing Owl 10/21/21 — Natural History Wanderings
The Imperial College of London reports British scientists working in Ghana have photographed a ‘holy grail’ giant owl that has lurked almost unseen in African rainforests for 150 years. See photo and story at Owl unseen for 150 years photographed in the wild for the first time | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Owl unseen for 150 years photographed in the wild for the first time | Imperial News | Imperial College London — Natural History Wanderings
Birds Canada has tips for how can we still appreciate these amazing owl without causing harm? See some guidelines for observing and photographing owls Owl observation tips for birders and photographers
Owl observation tips for birders and photographers — Natural History Wanderings
Snowy Owl Is Spotted in Central Park, for First Time in 130 Years The hordes came running and the snow-white raptor became the latest celebrity bird of Manhattan. Read more Snowy Owl Is Spotted in Central Park, for First Time in 130 Years – The New York Times
Snowy Owl in Central Park, for First Time in 130 Years — Natural History Wanderings
From Los Padres ForestWatch Trump Administration Proposes Rollback of Oil Drilling Regulations in National Forests Weaker regulations would apply to thousands of acres in the Los Padres National Forest.Read full story Governor Signs Rodenticide Ban to Protect Wildlife and Pets from Poisoning he law will help protect mountain lions, bobcats, owls, and other wildlife in Los […]
Los Padres Forest News — Natural History Wanderings
Giant Eagle Owl, aka Verreaux’s Owl, Botswana, Africa When the sun goes down and the night turns black this Halloween, there are plenty of wildlife creatures to send shivers up the spine. Owls, our most famous nocturnal creature, have serrated feathers for silent flight. They can glide right past you invisibly and soundlessly…all you know […]
Creatures of the Night — Jet Eliot
Bubo africanus The Spotted Eagle-owl is one of our most frequently encountered nocturnal birds, even in towns and cities where they can become quite confiding with humans (beware though that they will defend their nests ferociously!). They’re not very picky about their habitat and feed on an enormous variety of rodents and other small mammals, […]
Spotted Eagle-owl — de Wets Wild
UC- Berkeley News reports Spotted owl populations are in decline all along the West Coast, and as climate change increases the risk of large and destructive wildfires in the region, these iconic animals face the real threat of losing even more of their forest habitat. Rather than attempting to preserve the owl’s remaining habitat exactly as […]
via How Wildfire Management Can Impact Spotted Owls — Natural History Wanderings
Thirty thousand years before Harry Potter immortalized the Snowy Owl in popular culture, our European ancestors were drawing them on cave walls. Snowy owls breed on the treeless northern tundra of Alaska, Canada and Eurasia, using scrapes on snow free boulders, hummocks or rises as nests. Males select and defend their territory, while females choose […]
via Snowy Owls Are Tundra Terminators — The Adirondack Almanack
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