Winter Birding

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[Sandberm]

Whats that last bird? It doesnt look like any Great Blue Heron I've seen.

[Rufous]

Long-eared Owl sighted yesterday during the Audubon Christmas bird count.

[Rufous]

Tundra Swans also seen yesterday

[Rufous]

Red-breasted Nuthatch

[boneaddict]

Awesome editions.  Love the long eared!

[boneaddict]

Whats that last bird? It doesnt look like any Great Blue Heron I've seen.

as far as I know thats what it is...

[Boss .300 winmag]

Whats that last bird? It doesnt look like any Great Blue Heron I've seen.

If you google them you can see a lot of difference in color phases they have.

[lokidog]

Whats that last bird? It doesnt look like any Great Blue Heron I've seen.

If you google them you can see a lot of difference in color phases they have.

It's a young of the year, I would guess.

[Sandberm]

Awesome editions.  Love the long eared!

I've lived in the same area my whole life (48 years)and as a boy on up through maybe 40 years I would sporadically see great horned owls. Always cool when I did btw. But the last 8 or so years I've started to see them more and more to the point now where they are common. I often wonder if at the same time they are the reason I have seen less and less quail over the past decade??? 20 years ago quail ran across my yard all the time and it seemed every bunch of thick trees had a covey. Now I just see the odd covey here and there.

[nwwanderer]

Yes, they will set on a covey.  I have seen quail so terrified they do not move as the owl waddles over and takes them.

[Rufous]

Here is a Great Gray owl I saw in the Blue Mountains several years ago as well as a couple Burrowing Owls I saw in Ecuador in November.

[Rufous]

Trying again with the Great Gray