Folly hath eagle’s wings, but the eyes of an owl
Folly hath eagle’s wings, but the eyes of an owl.
A Dutch proverb
Great Horned Owl: Have you seen this bird?
Great Horned Owl
The Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus, is a large owl native to the Americas.
It is quite an adaptable bird and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 20 inches Wingspan: 55 inches
• Sexes similar
• Very large owl with prominent ear tufts
• Yellow eyes and dark bill
• Upperparts mottled brown, gray, and black
• Pale underparts with fine brown bars
• Reddish-brown facial disks bordered by black with a lower border of white
• White throat patch
• Pale gray form inhabits northern Canada
Similar species:
Only the Long-eared Owl shares the red facial disks and prominent ear tufts, but is much smaller and slenderer, is barred and streaked on the belly, lacks the white throat, and has its ear tufts set closer together.
The Great Horned Owl has a wide range and a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas.
Owls have spectacular binocular vision allowing them to pinpoint prey and see in low light. The eyes of Great Horned Owls are nearly as large as those of humans.
An owl’s hearing is as good – if not better – than its vision; they have better depth perception and better perception of sound elevation (up-down direction) than humans.
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If you expect to soar with the eagles during the day, you can’t hoot with the owls at night.
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Elf Owl: Have you seen this bird?
Elf Owl
The Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi) is a member of the owl family Strigidae.
It breeds in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is the world’s second smallest owl, the first being a Pygmy owl.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 5.25 inches Wingspan: 15 inches
• Very small, nocturnal, predatory bird
• Large, rounded head
• Yellow eyes
• Brown upperparts with white spots
• Brown and gray breast with white belly
• Sexes similar
• Inhabits the southwestern United States
Similar species:
The Elf Owl can be told from other owls by its small size, yellow eyes, short tail and by voice.
To reproduce they choose an abandoned woodpecker cavity and the female lays 3 round white eggs. They raise their young in north-facing woodpecker cavities in Saguaro cacti, sycamores, cottonwoods and other hardwood trees.
Elf Owls feed mainly on insects and therefore occupy habitats with a ready supply of these. Elf owls are known to eat scorpions, even though they are poisonous. They probably cut off their tails before they eat them.
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A believer is a bird in a cage…
A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.
A Robert Green Ingersoll quotation
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The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.[4] It finds its meals using its keen vision and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 25 inches Wingspan: 72 inches
• Sexes similar, long and rounded tail
• Very large, broad-winged, soaring bird
• Longish, hooked bill, short, thick legs
• Holds wings in a dihedral angle while soaring and gliding
• Spends most time soaring, infrequent flaps are slow and laborious
• Small, unfeathered head
• Plumage dark brown except for paler flight feathers, appearing black and gray
• Immature like adult
Adult:
• Red head
• Yellowish bill
• Reddish legs
The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard or “buzzard”, is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. One of three species in the genus Cathartes, in the family Cathartidae.
It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets, each year generally raising two chicks, which it feeds by regurgitation. It has very few natural predators. In the USA, the vulture receives legal protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
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You cannot fly like an eagle…
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren
A William Henry Hudson quotation
Identify this bird
This bird is the eastern representative of a widely distributed species that has been subdivided into 12 additional subspecies in western North America. It’s breeding range, is from southeastern Nebraska, northern Illinois, southern Michigan, and central Pennsylvania south to central Arkansas, northern Mississippi, central Alabama, central Georgia, and the highlands of South Carolina.
It can be seen from southwestern British Columbia and the Pacific coast region and from central United States to southern Mexico. The commonest numbers of eggs found in their nests are from 5 to 7. Perhaps 7 might be the average set.
This bird is a gentle and confiding bird, rather courting than avoiding human society. It is a familiar dooryard bird throughout most of its range. Almost any suitable cavity or place of support will suit this bird for a nesting site.
Civilization has provided this bird with an unusual variety of homes. Any opening of ready access invites its attention; among those used are holes in fence posts, tin cans, empty barrels, discarded clothing hung in buildings, baskets, bird boxes, deserted automobiles, oil wells, and crevices in stone, brick, or tile walls.
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren
By William Henry Hudson
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The eagle does not catch flies
The eagle does not catch flies
An old proverb
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This bird lives mostly in tropical deciduous forests. The maximum elevation they normally are found at is about 1,200 meters. They are found on tropical hills and lower slopes around 500-900 meters in the tropics.
Some reported foods in their diet include mammals, birds, reptiles, dead and decaying flesh, and fish.
They have a large platform nest situated in trees or ravines and lay one egg. Its movements are poorly understood.
Typical meaning: Important people don’t concern themselves with small or insignificant matters or, and here’s a more controversial take, with insignificant or unimportant people.
The eagle does not catch flies
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Eagles don’t catch flies
The eagle does not hunt flies
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