Great Horned Owl
The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) with its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics.
For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl
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Eastern Screech Owl
The Eastern Screech Owl or Eastern screech-owl (Megascops asio) is a small owl that is relatively common in Eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada. This species is native to most wooded environments of its distribution and, more so than any other owl in its range, has adapted well to manmade development, although it frequently avoids detection due to its strictly nocturnal habits.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_screech_owl
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Screech-Owl/id#
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Great Horned Owl
The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) with its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics.
For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl
Tags: Animal Avian Bird Bird of Prey Birding Birdwatching Bubo virginianus Conservation Environment Environmental Family Strigidae Great Horned Owl Habitat Mother Nature Nature Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S Nikon Z9 Ornithology Owl Raptor Strigiformes USA United States Wild Wildlife Wildlife Photography © 2024 RGL Photography Owlet
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Great Horned Owl
The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) with its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics.
For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl
Tags: Animal Avian Bird Bird of Prey Birding Birdwatching Bubo virginianus Conservation Environment Environmental Family Strigidae Great Horned Owl Habitat Mother Nature Nature Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S Nikon Z9 Ornithology Owl Raptor Strigiformes USA United States Wild Wildlife Wildlife Photography © 2024 RGL Photography Owlet
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Resplendent Quetzal
The Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) is a small bird found in southern Mexico and Central America that lives in tropical forests, particularly montane cloud forests. They are part of the family Trogonidae and have two recognized subspecies, P. m. mocinno and P. m. costaricensis. Like other Quetzals, the Resplendent is mostly omnivorous; its diet mainly consists of fruits of plants in the laurel family, Lauraceae, but it occasionally also preys on insects, lizards, frogs, and snails.
The species is well known for its colorful and complex plumage that differs substantially between sexes. Males have iridescent green plumes, a red lower breast and belly, black inner wings and a white undertail, whilst females are duller and have a shorter tail. Grey lower breasts, bellies, and bills, along with bronze-green heads are characteristic of females. These birds’ hollow holes in decaying trees or use ones already made by woodpeckers as a nest site. They are known to take turns while incubating, males throughout the day and females at night. The female usually lays one to three eggs, which hatch in 17 to 19 days. The quetzal is an altitudinal migrant, migrating from the slopes to the canopy of the forest. This occurs during the breeding season, which varies depending on the location, but usually commences in March and extends as far as August.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resplendent_quetzal
eBird: ebird.org/species/resque1
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