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re: Great horned owls

Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:01 am to
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
36408 posts
Posted on 1/6/26 at 7:01 am to
Pygmy Owl



Northern Saw Whet



The Saw Whet Owl has a more striped head while the Pygmy is more spekcled.
Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
1667 posts
Posted on 1/6/26 at 8:19 am to
Thank you for the ID!

Bonus pic of a nice mule deer for ya.

Both animals found on the public golf course in Bend.


Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
57905 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 4:04 pm to
Got a chance to photograph a great horned owl and an owlet on Saturday in Gulf Breeze. The babies are so weird looking, almost looks like they are wearing a fur suit, but they are still cute.












couple vids

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The line under the GHO's beak makes it look freaky in this photo






Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
36093 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 6:22 pm to
that beak is the last thing a lot of feral cats see
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10763 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:17 pm to
Great photos!

Was driving down the road awhile back and a barred owl flew up from the ditch and landed in a tree by the road. Turned around and drove back by and got a quick picture with my cell phone.

Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
18220 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 6:50 am to
quote:

I know the Great Horned Owls that hang around where I live, LOVE cats.


damn I need to call some in to my neighborhood
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
36093 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 7:49 am to
quote:

quote:
I know the Great Horned Owls that hang around where I live, LOVE cats.


damn I need to call some in to my neighborhood
We had a pair that was around our neighborhood using our big water oak as and one in our neighborhood park as perch/nest trees. Both trees went down in 2019 and 2020.

There were always ripped up cat carcasses in crazy spots - people thought it was a sick person or coyotes doing it - but I saw the owls grab a few and saw them eating them several times. even had one on my fence with a cat small enough it could fly off with in. I told several of the cat people this, it's ironic when their cats kill wildlife from lizards, frogs birds, snakes and squirrels it's JUST NATURE... but oh man when a coyote of raptor does it......
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
18220 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 8:00 am to
quote:

I told several of the cat people this, it's ironic when their cats kill wildlife from lizards, frogs birds, snakes and squirrels it's JUST NATURE... but oh man when a coyote of raptor does it.


that shite drives me crazy. We have a full blown cat colony now, I'll be walking my dog in the morning and have to wait on cats to finish fricking in the street. I've trapped a few and brought them to the shelter. Wish some owls would get after them.

Posted by 308
the backwoods of Mississippi
Member since Sep 2020
3435 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 1:11 pm to
Owls can supposedly rotate their head 270 degrees for vision. Pretty awesome if true.
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 1:12 pm
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
15327 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:27 pm to
quote:

Owls can supposedly rotate their head 270 degrees for vision. Pretty awesome if true.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
36408 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 7:13 am to
Let the dog out to do his business this Am around 5-5:30. Heard one of these bad boys just to the south of me.

Suburban Utah with lots of open space and some larger horse properties around us.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
62063 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 8:32 am to
Saw one over by 28W last year sitting in a pine tree around 8am.

Hadn’t seen one in a long time, but saw them growing up fairly often
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
88510 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:12 am to
Nice bump
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
62063 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:26 am to
That was Utah man!
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
19453 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:46 am to
I had a nesting pair here and I played dying rabbit call once. They swooped out from the woods late evening and circled my speaker. One landed very close to it in a tree. They were real interested
Posted by Alika_kahuna
Member since May 2021
297 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 10:49 am to
Disco Ball

Thanks for video! I hear an owl in our area from time to time but I've never seen it.
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