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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) Owls (Strigidae) | |||||||||||||
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3365
(4 photos)
2020-04-06 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Subspecies: [aluco (Tawny)] Adult bird. A very variable species, this bird beautifully beige-colored with a rufous tint. Discovered, as many day roosting owls are, by being harassed by smaller birds. Here jays, blackbirds and I think some tits too. Southeast department, next to the main road one hundred meters from the junction with Skovvej, sitting 20 meters up in a tall pine. |
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3770
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2021-11-15 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
In the usual sleeping tree. |
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3934
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2022-02-28 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Residencia deluxe. Both birds present. |
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5086
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2022-03-12 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
♂ and ♀. |
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3973
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2022-04-03 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
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3963
(3 photos)
Same bird: 28
2022-04-12 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
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3959
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2022-04-13 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Adult. Switching between the hole and the rooftop perch. I guess this is the male roosting away from the nest where the female alone incubates the eggs, while he catches prey. |
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4639
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2022-12-17 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Kongelunden. |
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4701
(2 photos)
Same bird: 28
2022-12-27 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Same as 4639. The samebird-indication refers to the roosting site primarily. The photos are not always good enough to identify the single individuals, though I assume it to only be the same pair that uses this perch. |
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4732
(1 photos)
2023-01-01 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
The other known roosting trunk is now in use too. Both occupied today. |
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4873
(2 photos)
2023-02-09 Kongelunden, Denmark
Adult. First the blackbirds started to make a spectacle, then the jay joined them, and I expected something like this but couldn't see any silhouettes shaped like an owl. And at the same time I had half an eye and ear on two short-toed treecreepers that were my first this year, but knew it was smarter to concentrate on a potential owl, hoping that it would finally be me finding a Boreal Owl...so many years since we saw one the last time. Eventually when I got close to the spot where the noise-makers were hanging out they left, but I couldn't see anything at first. As it often is with Long-eared Owl you have to have the right angle to the bird before it becomes visible, and then I saw it. Glued to the trunk of a tiny fir, it sat half hidden between the branches only allowing these photos (without approaching too aggressively). And what I saw definitely made me think it was a long-eared. The way it was sitting and the vertical streaks that were visible between the branches gave me this first association. Only that I was a bit confused by the chunky shape. But home, checking the books, there is no doubt that it is actually a somewhat misplaced Tawny Owl! The round short wings falling short of the tail tip give it away. Such an observations of course makes your wonder have many else there are, sitting in all the other much more suited trees...klsv |
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4875
(2 photos)
Same bird: 28
2023-02-10 Kongelunden, Denmark
Adult. ♂ and ♀. |
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4032
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2023-03-19 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
♂ and ♀. Don't seem to be in breeding mood!? |
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5368
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2023-10-23 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Adult. Maybe not the same bird as last season but at least the same perch. |
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5431
(1 photos)
Same bird: 28
2023-11-21 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Adult. Two birds today looking rather similar to the ones from last season. |
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5849
(6 photos)
2024-04-28 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Midterstien-øst. Just hanging there strongly decomposed. I assume it is a Tawny Owl with the facial disk still visible -using a little imagination. |