The owl sees in his son a falcon
The owl sees in his son a falcon.
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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.
The owl sees in his son a falcon.
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He who has no falcon, must hunt with owls
He who has no falcon, must hunt with owls.
A Danish proverb
American Kestrel (a falcon) - Have you seen one?
American Kestrel
The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a small falcon. This bird was (and sometimes still is) colloquially known in North America as the “Sparrow Hawk”, which is a very misleading name. It is a diurnal raptor.
American Kestrels are widely distributed across the Americas. Their breeding range extends from central and western Alaska across northern Canada to Nova Scotia, and south throughout North America, into central Mexico, the Baja, and the Caribbean. They are local breeders in Central America and are widely distributed throughout South America.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 8.5 inches Wingspan: 21 inches
• Short, dark, hooked beak
• Small, long-tailed hawk
• Long, narrow, pointed wings
• Gray crown
• White cheeks
• Two black mustache marks
• Black spot at rear of crown on both sides
• Seen from below, flight feathers are pale with dark barring
• Juveniles and immature females like adult female
Adult male:
• Rust patch on crown
• Rust nape, breast, back and tail
• Rust tail has a broad black subterminal band and a narrow white terminal band
• Pale belly
• Blue-gray wing coverts
• Dark flight feathers with pale subterminal spots creating a “string of pearls”
• Black spots on scapulars, wing coverts and flanks
Adult female:
• Pale buff breast streaked with brown
• Rust-brown nape, back and wing coverts
• Back and wing coverts barred heavily with black
• Rust-brown tail with numerous dark bars of even width and a narrow white terminal band
Similar species:
Sharp-shinned Hawk is of similar size, but has rounded wings and much different patterning. Merlin is larger with broader-based wings, lacks rust tones to back and wing coverts, has a single mustache mark and strongly checkered underwings.
The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America – about the size of a large thrush, such as the American Robin, on average.
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