Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:20 pm
Anyone care to identify the species? (Some are easier than others!)
Mike
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Some more birds of prey
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Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:26 pm
All beautiful
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:42 pm
Superb!
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:29 pm
One's an owl! Do I get a prize? :lol:
Great pics as always.
By the way, what species of owl hoots and which one screeches? We have both beside us.
Great pics as always.
By the way, what species of owl hoots and which one screeches? We have both beside us.
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:29 am
MikeMike357 wrote:One's an owl! Do I get a prize? :lol:
Great pics as always.
By the way, what species of owl hoots and which one screeches? We have both beside us.
The Hoots - or to be more accurate the "twit wahoo" - is two owls -the Male Tawny owl makes the "twit" sound and female replies "wahoo" - the screech will be the female Tawny too.
Mike
Just sorting out some more photos to post!
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:20 pm
I could here the Tawnys tonight as we unpacked the car, they seem very common in our neck of the woods.
Great pictures.
Great pictures.
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:29 pm
Was watching some great video on Fieldsports TV of hunting hares with Golden Eagles and rabbits with hawks under the lamp. It is awesome to watch and to see these apparently fragile birds bouncing around while hanging on to a rabbit for dear life is fascinating. I'm amazed their wings don't break.
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:51 pm
Is the first one a buzzard? They're taken a bit for granted down in Dorset, but having only been here 5 years, I think they're very impressive.
The owl? - a baby tawney?
The third one, I confess I looked up ... a kestral?
A few questions please:
I know tawneys can make 'crying' calls aswell as 'hoots' - but is it possible Mike might be lucky enough to have a barn owl (sometimes know as the screech owl....) near him?
On the previous set of photos you posted, you refered a few time to an awsome looking animal as an 'HH'? - the closest I can find in my 'bird ID' book would be a 'hobby hawk'? ...but the pictures don't do justice to yours....
On the subject of 'HH's' - I've seen what looks like a bird of prey flying off the coastal cliffs down here, but it's light coloured like a gul...could it be a hen harrier?..do you get the in Dorset?
The owl? - a baby tawney?
The third one, I confess I looked up ... a kestral?
A few questions please:
I know tawneys can make 'crying' calls aswell as 'hoots' - but is it possible Mike might be lucky enough to have a barn owl (sometimes know as the screech owl....) near him?
On the previous set of photos you posted, you refered a few time to an awsome looking animal as an 'HH'? - the closest I can find in my 'bird ID' book would be a 'hobby hawk'? ...but the pictures don't do justice to yours....
On the subject of 'HH's' - I've seen what looks like a bird of prey flying off the coastal cliffs down here, but it's light coloured like a gul...could it be a hen harrier?..do you get the in Dorset?
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:14 am
Nope this is a young HH (Harris Hawk)Dougan wrote:Is the first one a buzzard? They're taken a bit for granted down in Dorset, but having only been here 5 years, I think they're very impressive.
It is an adult Chaco owlThe owl? - a baby tawney?
You need to get a better book!! - this is a Gyr/Peregrine hybridThe third one, I confess I looked up ... a kestral?
Barn owls are everywhere - but the nickname Screech owl belongs to the Tawny Owl - see my post in photos for a few photos of my Barn owlA few questions please:
I know tawneys can make 'crying' calls aswell as 'hoots' - but is it possible Mike might be lucky enough to have a barn owl (sometimes know as the screech owl....) near him?
HH - as above Harris HawkOn the previous set of photos you posted, you refered a few time to an awsome looking animal as an 'HH'? - the closest I can find in my 'bird ID' book would be a 'hobby hawk'? ...but the pictures don't do justice to yours....
Unlikely to be a harrier on the coast - but you never know - their flight is so much different, would be easy to identify.On the subject of 'HH's' - I've seen what looks like a bird of prey flying off the coastal cliffs down here, but it's light coloured like a gul...could it be a hen harrier?..do you get the in Dorset?
Re: Some more birds of prey
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:17 am
Our local Buzzard community has steadily grown over the last ten years and they can be spotted on a virtually daily basis, sadly the Kestrel numbers are down, at least in our area. The Tawny population is doing very well and is slowly moving away from the Church yard, they can be noisy though, especially when one is perched on the chimney pot but regardless they are great to see and hear.
I do have very slight reservations about the Red Kite. It is possible to see up to 60 birds on the wing in some areas of the Cotswolds and they are in our area now. As much as I like to see them I do wonder when saturation will be reached and just how well the environment can sustain them and how well they are greeted by some of the land owners. It is not an exaggeration to say I have seen more Kite's up than Starlings on occasion.
I do have very slight reservations about the Red Kite. It is possible to see up to 60 birds on the wing in some areas of the Cotswolds and they are in our area now. As much as I like to see them I do wonder when saturation will be reached and just how well the environment can sustain them and how well they are greeted by some of the land owners. It is not an exaggeration to say I have seen more Kite's up than Starlings on occasion.