A Siberian Eagle Owl launching off into flight
For everyone late to the #OwlAwarenessDay party π₯³ it was on the 4th but lasts a week or a year in my case!! π
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βTuraβ Siberian Eagle Owl
#Owls #Birds #Nature #Photograhy #EastCoastKin
Yesterday was #OwlAwarenessDay! π¦
Discover how a team of researchers from the Globe Institute is studying historical #DNA to help protect the Little Owl (Athene noctua) in Europe - a project supported by
@biogeneurope.bsky.social
biodiversitygenomics.eu/2024/09/16/e... #littleowl #Athenenoctua
![Illustration of How Owl Feathers Work
[Arrows pointing to owl shoulders and body] Velvety down feathers found on wings and legs absorb the sound frequencies
[Arrows pointing to wing tips]
Stablizing serrated "comb-like feathers
Sound reducing tattered fringe feathers
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/owl-fly-silently.htm Β©2008 HowStuffWorks](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreid7optkexww5ywdtlq5qeptamv4sdvrdc4wq6gjz26uj2fnhvjw5i)
Illustration of How Owl Feathers Work [Arrows pointing to owl shoulders and body] Velvety down feathers found on wings and legs absorb the sound frequencies [Arrows pointing to wing tips] Stablizing serrated "comb-like feathers Sound reducing tattered fringe feathers https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/owl-fly-silently.htm Β©2008 HowStuffWorks
Owl flight engineering #OwlAwarenessDay
Owl legs are exactly what they need to be to deliver death from above and hang onto things,
but they can seems strange to many of us who only saw their their fierce taloned feet + lush feathers of their downy soundproofing skirt
such elegant engineering
#OwlAwarenessDay
(BBC Super-Powered Owls)
Composite image made of 2 photos of an owl side-by-side, one showing how long and slender its legs are. Like Kermit proportions. They are what they need to be, it just seems strange to many of us who have only ever been aware of their fierce taloned feet and the lush feathers of their downy soundproofing feather skirt Known in Eurasia an Eagle owl. One of the largest species of owl. Females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 centimetres (6 feet 2 inches). Males are slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts, with upper parts that are mottled with darker blackish colouring and tawny. The wings and tail are barred. The underparts are a variably hued buff, streaked with darker colouring. The facial disc is not very defined. The orange eyes are distinctive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_eagle-owl
I realise that International #OwlAwarenessDay was August 4 not today, but it's important that everyone understands what Owl legs look like.
A London delftware tile with blue and white background and corner decoration. In a circle bounded with blue, white and yellow bands is a long eared owl in shades of blue, looking at the viewer with wide eyes. It stands on a mound of green, with a yellow patch/shadow in front of the owl, between two stylised plants. The blue sky is sketched in around the owl.
How could I possibly have missed #OwlAwarenessDay #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay yesterday?
In case of ruffled feathers, here is a #TilesOnTuesday tin-glazed floor tile 1618-1650, from the Pickleherring pottery that made London delftware in Southwark.
Hope he'll reappear at London Museum in 2026....
A set of capsule toys in the shape of owls with faces made up like kabuki actors.
Today is yet another chance to share one of my favourite gachapon collections...
'Kabuki Owls' (γ«γγ―γγ¦ 'KabukurΕ')π¦πΊ
#InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #owls #kabukiowls #OwlAwarenessDay #Japan #γ«γγ―γγ¦
#OwlAwarenessDay showing up while I'm building a Hawai'i bird thread brings you this pueo.
Shredding coconuts is one of 20-year-old Eurasian eagle owl Forrestβs favorite enrichments behind the scenes, and heβs not shy about letting you know it. From dramatic screeches to full-on head swivels, Forrest brings the drama just in time for #OwlAwarenessDay. π¦
The truth doesnβt need to prove itself; it exists whether we believe in it or not.
Lies only exist if we create them, and they only survive if we believe in them.
~ Toltec #Wisdom π¦ Ruiz & Ruiz ππΌ
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Turn up the volumeβ¦ Taiga has something to say about #OwlAwarenessDay! π¦
Our beautiful female snowy owl isnβt shy about speaking her mind. Snowy owls are excellent communicators, using a variety of hoots, screeches, and calls to stay in touch with their owl pals. #snowyowl #owls
An adult Great-horned Owl is perched below its nest cavity that has two owlets emerging into the sun.
The Great-horned Owl is one of the keynote birds of North America. Large, widespread and found in close proximity to folks - it is the one familiar first owl to so many. #owlawarenessday
Harriet Tubman knew how to mimic owl calls and, importantly, move at night as silently as an owl.
-Caroline Brewer, author of the new book, Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature
#OwlAwarenessDay
Olive the puns we could think of were terrible π€· Happy Int #OwlAwarenessDay π¦π«
Detail, Owl on Pine Branch (1830s), Hiroshige (1797-1858) with poem: βSailing right along on a three-day crescent moon, the long-eared owl longs for an earful of music: the pines humming in the wind.β (Hachijintei (active 1810s-30s))
#Hiroshige Detail, Owl on Pine Branch (1830s), with poem:
βSailing right along
on a three-day crescent moon,
the long-eared owl longs
for an earful of music:
the pines humming in the wind.β
(Hachijintei (active 1810s-30s))
#BritishMuseum β‘οΈ www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
#OwlAwarenessDay
Watch for social owls today.
#owlawarenessday
Barred owl sits on a tree branch, a little below eye level looking straight towards the camera.
A large Crested Owl sits on a tree branch above eye level, with their head turned to look behind it. Big white tufts extend from the beak over the eyes and past the rest of the head.
A tiny owl, barely larger than the leaves around it, sits on a branch above eye-level, peering down.
Great horned owl, looking away from the camera, well camouflaged with the bark of the tree it's sitting in.
Happy #OwlAwarenessDay! I hear owls all the time but have only occasionally gotten photos of them. Here are a few species I've been lucky enough to capture over the years, encountered during hikes and daily activities. #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #Birds #NaturePhotography
A photo of a great horned owl fledgling preening its wing feathers while its sibling sits next to it with one feather in its bill and its claw raised
βIβm helping!β Great horned owl fledglings showing some personality for #OwlAwarenessDay π¦ π§΅
#birds #owls
A Great Gray Owl perches on a tamarack tree with green foliage.
While we tend to see most of our Great Gray Owls in the winter through March, head up to northern #AB and you sometimes spot them in fens where they nest. It is a bit odd seeing them in the green. #owlawarenessday
A loose, sketchy drawing of a tawny owl in flight, coloured in blocks of various shades of brown
Apparently it's International Owl Awareness Day? please be aware of owl.
#SnekArt #OwlAwarenessDay
three small owls sitting next to each other on a branch during the day
Surprised that #owlawarenessday exists, but here are some owls I saw in Central Texas in 2022. Photo by me.
; happy international owl awareness day to all whoooo celebrate! π¦
throwback to an illustration i collaged of the endangered Northern Spotted Owl.
#InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #OwlAwarenessDay #owl #bird #nature #art #illustration #illustrator #collage #mixedmedia #paperart #artsky
