Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
Mar 2024
8:02pm, 17 Mar 2024
23,554 posts
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Red Squirrel
Well done Finn - I couldn’t see the green - the duck was far away and moving around a lot. Yep - it’s a teal. Thanks.
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Mar 2024
6:51pm, 18 Mar 2024
65,057 posts
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Derby Tup
Great views of a barn owl quartering less than a mile from home this evening. They have become a common sight in our area
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Mar 2024
7:30pm, 18 Mar 2024
10,202 posts
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Northern Exile
Seem to have been a lot of owls around lately, just recently I've seen barn owls coming out for the hunt in broad daylight. We've got one that must live very close to us, you can hear him/her hooting all night! I saw a big tawny the other day too 
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Mar 2024
9:34pm, 18 Mar 2024
4,459 posts
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paulcook
Some of my recent dusk / evening runs feel like I've never heard as many owls before, certainly on such a regular basis
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Mar 2024
10:33pm, 18 Mar 2024
10,203 posts
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Northern Exile
Paul, I've been told by someone who knows about owls that the reason we're seeing more of them is that they're hungry. Owls don't have waterproof feathers and when it rains a lot they can't hunt.
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Mar 2024
10:42pm, 18 Mar 2024
4,460 posts
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paulcook
I love a good nature explanation especially one I wouldn't have known or consider, and that's a great explanation and one that can make so much sense when you're told it. Great news for small mammals! |
Mar 2024
8:59am, 19 Mar 2024
4,184 posts
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NordRunner
Shrewd comment.
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Mar 2024
9:26am, 19 Mar 2024
23,555 posts
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Red Squirrel
I think I hear owls in flight almost every night here where I’m staying in Miltonduff. Can’t see them tho’. Local person told me there’s a resident barn owl.
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Mar 2024
10:01am, 19 Mar 2024
5,105 posts
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J2R
I think I hear owls in flight I would say if you can hear it in flight it almost certainly isn't an owl! Unless you mean the call. |
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Mar 2024
10:41am, 19 Mar 2024
4,185 posts
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NordRunner
It sounds interesting, but my AI doesn't agree - it's more that rain affects flight performance, visibility of prey, and ability to be stealthy. perplexity.ai
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