How many species of owl have you seen (1 Viewer)

[lewis20126]

116

2 new - Pallid (=Bruce's) Scops + Pharoah (Desert) Eagle Owl: both in UAE April 09.

Fingers crosssed for LWO in N Peru in July.....

cheers, a

 

[s. james]

In ten years of birding- zero.

I've been out many evenings and early mornings too, just never lucky or they're not in my local area.

Slight excuse is we've only got 3 owl species, 1 is a rare visitor (short-eared), 1 has declined dramatically (barn) and the other is very elusive (long-eared).

 

[Dave1981]

Well your all very lucky, I aint seen one yet since I became a birder at beginning of this year! Thought I saw a Tawny but alas was a stump of a branch in a tree....woo....only gunna make it more special when I get em though.

 

[s. james]

since I became a birder at beginning of this year! Thought I saw a Tawny but alas was a stump of a branch in a tree....QUOTE]

Could be ten years...

I was once fooled by a model/artificial long-eared owl perched on the roof of a barn- don't know what it was doing there- it did look a bit big!

 

[Jacana]

i'm up to 10 species now:

uk: long and short eared, tawny, barn and little owls
Honduras: great horned owl
Thailand: brown hawk, collared and white fronted scops owls and asian barred owlet.

white fronted scops owl being the pick of the bunch as it is rare and elusive. there are maybe two places in the world where you have a reasonable chance of seeing it, both in Thailand. They're also in Burma, but aren'te exactly accessable there!

 

[blokewivascope]

Short-eared
Long-eared
Little
Tawny
Barn

and thats it!!!! All in UK though - like Mr Lowther nothing on the continent as yet, but have heard them.

like wise plus eagle and scops

 

[tophillbirder]

since I became a birder at beginning of this year! Thought I saw a Tawny but alas was a stump of a branch in a tree....QUOTE]

Could be ten years...

I was once fooled by a model/artificial long-eared owl perched on the roof of a barn- don't know what it was doing there- it did look a bit big!

When in Florida July/August '98 plastic Great Horned Owls, presumabley to deter smaller birds, were v.common on roofs and caused a few heart stopping moments before we connected with the real thing.
Have had a few 'plastic' Eagle Owls in England but that's another story [and thread].

 

[Andrew R]

just the uk 5
Barn
Tawny
Little
Long eared
Short eared

Not many but all cracking birds and twice all 5 on the same night

 

[Max Levy]

I'm on 10.
The UK: Barn, Tawny, Little, Short eared Owls
Kenya: Verreaux's Eagle Owl
Tanzania: Spotted Eagle Owl
Panama: Costa Rican Pygmy, Spectacled, Tropical Screech Owls
Costa Rica: Crested Owl.

 

[MichavdB]

Visual:
Barn
Short-eared
Long-eared
Little
Snowy (the only bird I twitched for in the last 15 years, I just had to see it)
Eastern Screech

Heared:
Eagle Owl
Great Horned

 

[Mark Harper]

Have just reached 50 with Spotted, Whiskered Screech and Northern Pygmy-Owl in Arizona.

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Hi,

Difficult family. I have 41 of them, but "common" ones are still missing: Snowy, Hawk, Great Grey, Barred, Mottled, Northern Saw-Whet and many more... I'm very excited to find owls, but very lazy to bird by night! So, most of those 41 where seen in daylight.

V.

 

[CactusD]

I love owls and would like to see lots more.
I've so far seen the following:
Little Owl (UK, self-found and Greece, self-found)
Scops Owl (Cyprus)
Ural Owl (Sweden)
Great Grey Owl (Sweden)
Eagle Owl (Sweden)
Pygmy Owl (Sweden)

If you can go on a Scandinavian tour, do, since the Sweden owls were some of the best birds I've had so far but do really need expert local knowledge to locate. The anticipation of waiting for Great Grey Owl in late evening, and the awesome bird's arrival, was something I'll never forget.

 

[Wiktoria]

I love owls so much (they are absolutely fascinating birds) but unfortunately the list of species I have seen so far isn't too long...

Tawny Owl (Poland)
Long-eared Owl (Poland)
Little Owl (Greece)

 

[DICANIO]

Have only ever seen one Owl, I was about 10yrs old, it was a daylight sighting and I've no idea what it was although !i remember the occasion vivdly.

Owls are a group of birds i would dearly love to have seen more of. Growing up in very urban area of London with little parkland didnt help I guess

Anyway, i now live in Edinburgh and hear owls on my way home most nights down along the river in the trees but they STILL escape me!

Is there a best time or method to see Owls (probably Tawny)?

I'm a very keen newcomer (after a 15-20yr gap) and welcome any advice at all!!

Cheers
|=)|

 

[lmans66]

I am a terrible owler....five...

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Hi,

you can see my photo of "San Isidro Owl" here:
http://www.valeryschollaert.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=490

Have you any new publication about it?

Two years ago, I wrote a paper (in French) about it... but I don't know if any new info has been published since...
http://www.ornithomedia.com/magazine/mag_art382_1.htm

Regards,

Valéry

 

[CactusD]

I love owls and would like to see lots more.
I've so far seen the following:
Little Owl (UK, self-found and Greece, self-found)
Scops Owl (Cyprus)
Ural Owl (Sweden)
Great Grey Owl (Sweden)
Eagle Owl (Sweden)
Pygmy Owl (Sweden)

If you can go on a Scandinavian tour, do, since the Sweden owls were some of the best birds I've had so far but do really need expert local knowledge to locate. The anticipation of waiting for Great Grey Owl in late evening, and the awesome bird's arrival, was something I'll never forget.

Forgot Short-Eared Owl (also Sweden) - just emphasizes my point really!

Some pics below, the last one for comedy value really: can you see what it is yet? :-C 3

Ah, memories...

 

[Rob1991S-O-T]

barn owl UK
tawny owl UK
long eared owl UK
short eared UK
little owl UK
pygmy owl poland
eagle owl poland
tengmalms owl heard only possibly saw poland

 

[terry jz]

1 little owl - england
2 barn owl - england
3 short eared owl - england
4 long eared owl - england
5 brown hawk owl - singapore
6 ferruginous pygmy owl - mexico

grand total of 6
and if there is anyone out there in london who can point me in the right direction to find the so called more common of the british owls the tawny i would be most grateful