Super-Powered Owls:Natural World - 3/3/2015 Tuesday BBC2 20.00-21.00pm (1 Viewer)

[Peewit]

Hi there

An interesting programme coming up next Tuuesday on BBC2. A great 'Owl' write up in the Radio times Page 84

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054fn09

Natural World reveals the magic behind owls' superpowers.....

Regards
Kathy
x

 

[Monahawk]

Now this I musn't miss. Thanks for that Kathy.

Si.

 

[Peewit]

Now this I musn't miss. Thanks for that Kathy.

Si.

Exactly - it looks new and really good. :t::-O

Regards
Kathy
x

 

[Bird-Nut]

Looks very interesting - fab photography too

 

[Peewit]

Looks very interesting - fab photography too

Just started now!!! o

Regards
Kathy
x

 

[bartolli]

Another great program, fascinating stuff!

 

[chris butterworth]

That was excellent, particularly the explanation of the vascular system in Owls necks - something I'd never thought about before - and the Snowy Owl mobbing Grey Wolves. Thanks for letting me know it was on Kathy ( I'd probably ended up watching Top Gear reruns on 'Dave', or something equally soul destroying ).

 

[Boro Birder]

Thanks for that Kathy, miss so much with having Virgin TV but I always have you to remind me

Damian

 

[Euan Buchan]

I missed the first 15 mins of it but saw the rest it was a great programme.

 

[mdb2]

Owls

Thanks for the thumbs up it was superb
kind regards mike

 

[Boro Birder]

Thanks Kathy for always letting me no
what a fantastic show.

Thanks

Damian

 

[Monahawk]

That was excellent, particularly the explanation of the vascular system in Owls necks - something I'd never thought about before - and the Snowy Owl mobbing Grey Wolves. Thanks for letting me know it was on Kathy ( I'd probably ended up watching Top Gear reruns on 'Dave', or something equally soul destroying ).

Great programme. Really enjoyed it as owls are my favourite birds. Much information on the programme I knew about anyway, but it didn't matter as it was well put over and presented. I think I am right in saying that the scenes where the snowy owls are mobbing the wolves was taken from Gordon Buchanan's recent programme on the White Wolves. The scenes seemed familiar.

Si.

 

[graham_t]

Some excellent information about how owls hunt. Owls are often described a silent fliers, but it was amazing to see how little sound they made in comparison to other species when measured using high sensitivity microphones.
I missed a 10 min section in the middle which I need to re-watch. Less sure about some of the stuff of the couple rearing baby owls - flying around their house etc. Whether their policy of letting the owls free to either return to them or find somewhere else of their own is good strategy I don't know. I thought that most birds/animals reared in that way were careful released in areas that had the right habitats, but weren't already the territory of the same species.

 

[Songkhran]

good program, i enjoyed it and thought some of the Science was fascinating, there were quite a few inaccuracies regarding the footage in field though and the way Owls were portrayed as indomitable creatures that have very few vulnerabilities.
Firstly and its important to us Skua lovers, the Skua mobbing the Snowy Owl was a Pomarine something you'd think nature documentary makers would of got right. The context of the footage was that the Owl was protecting its young whereas the behaviour suggested much more that the Skua was mobbing the Owl either because it was a threat or that it was close to the Skua's young.
The footage showing the Great Grey Owls dexterity in the tree tops neglected to mention the fact that some Owls will fall from tree tops and become separated from their parents and become vulnerable, similarly British do struggle in snowy conditions and day hunting Barn Owls do so just as much because there is an abundance of prey rather than a shortage. Despite this bias it was very enjoyable

 

[Peewit]

Super-Powered Owls:Natural World - 25/8/2015 Tuesday BBC2 20.00-21.00

Hi there

This progamme is being repeated tonight, and it is very enjoyable indeed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054fn09

Natural World reveals the magic behind owls' superpowers.....

 

[Peewit]

Enjoyed it as much as the first time - excellent programme o

Despite of the Barn Owls being captive - they still had a mind set of their own and one grown chick took its freedon back and that was a good thing at the end of the day.

Another interesting aspect was the speed and lightness of bird flights. Barn Owls have the silent flight and it was proved to be the case on the programme.