From Simone Salvatori
Little Owl
Sony A1
Settings: 1/800s f/6.3 ISO 3200 Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
Umbria Italy July 2025
From Ric Mac
A tender moment between Mama Great Horned Owl and her juvenile owlet. Palm Beach County, FL
From Don Wiggans
I had a lovely day watching the Great Grey Owl fly from one spot to another. The Great Grey Owl has a massive wingspan of about 5 feet. While they have the largest wingspan and body length of any North American owl, their weight is relatively low, generally only 2 to 3 lbs, due to their thick plumage.
Ontario, March 2026
That's 1.5 meters and 0.9-1.3 kilos for the rest of you out there.
From Venessa Gray
Oliver patroling his territory around the transmission tower where Olivia is incubating her eggs. Great Horned Owls are incredibly silent when flying, as its wings are intricately designed for this. A magnificent hunter who is swift and graceful in flight. You are doing great, Oliver! πππ
From Kendra Disilva
As the first faint light of dawn filters in, a red morph eastern screech owl rests deep in his tree hollow, sheltered from the cool morning air. His feathers, a rich russet, contrasts with the bark, while his large, luminous yellow eyes remain wide open, soaking in the first hints of light. In this quiet, hidden place, he watches the world awaken, a secret keeper of the early dawn.
From Michel van Nieuwland
Finally managed to photograph these little owls in love together, and in a lovely setting too - sunshine. πππ¦
Bosuil / Tawny Owl / Strix Aluco
Sony A6700 Sony FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G OSS ISO320 | 916MM | F8.0 | 1/400s
The Netherlands (Noord Holland), 12/03/2026
Original Dutch Text
Eindelijk gelukt om deze verliefde uiltjes samen op de foto te zetten en ook nog in een heerlijk
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I really need to give this and/or Curiosity Steam a try. I still get a lot of use out of YouTube Premium (oh, boo yourself π) but for documentary type things, it's so hard to sure through the AI generated stuff anymore.
Yay for Blake the Donor Dog! My rescue clinic also has a doggy blood donor that helps make blood products for all kinds of animals.
Here is some random doggy blood trivia:
Doggos have over 12 blood types.
The first ever blood transfusion was done in England in 1665 between 2 living dogs. The first human blood transfusion was 2 years later. They gave him sheep's blood! π
Who let a sensible reply in here? π€ͺ
Before I got my depression treated, I was angry all the time, and like you said, it was physically and mentally taxing to be angry all the time.
I wish a lot of folks here would take the doomscrolling energy and devote it to some direct action. You will actually help those in need, work out a good chunk of your frustration, and you'll meet awesome, like-minded people. Best thing I've ever done in my life.
No, no! I love Powerfowl!
You saying that just got me to look up if they had a different name for it like McDonald's is Macca's but I didn't find any and was a bit surprised. Then I looked at all the other names.
Powerfowl is most excellent as it works on multiple levels, as you said! I just wanted to participate in brainstorming a name too. π
The Aussies are supposed to be famous for their shortening of words, I think they could be persuaded.
Looking at the big list of Australian diminutives, they'd probably choose Powwo or Powwie. Hmmm... I think Powwowl could work!
Cranky owls are the best owls!
It's one tough cookie!
It was nice they grounded it until the owl lost interest. I don't know how powerful a drone motor is, but I wouldn't want it to get nicked up toes or anything. Good on the fire dept!
I've passed through their town and always remember it for being very lovely.
I just checked, and it wasn't Camden, but their neighboring town, Rockport, where I stopped to see the memorial to Andre the Seal.
From Roadside America:
Andre was a harbor seal who spent his winters at the New England Aquarium in Boston and his summers in Rockport Harbor. Every spring for over 20 years the Seaquarium would release him and Andre would swim north to Rockport (150+ miles). It was always a high point for local residents when he reappeared. He was the honorary harbor master.
A granite statue of Andre was dedicated at harborside in 1978; Andre unveiled it himself. He went blind in 1985, and when he swam away in 1986, he never returned. Searchers found his body washed up on a remote part of Rockport beach. At the time, he was thought to be the oldest living harbor seal.
Andre will never have a successor, said the Rockport Chamber of Commerce, because "the Department of Environmental Protection will never allow it."
Andre was the subject of a lackluster 1994 feature film starring Tina Majorino (who later played the girlfriend of Napoleon Dynamite) and a sea lion instead of a seal.
It's hard to top Nemoy + Classic Simpsons!
Lol, I'm just picturing a bunch of middle-aged guys throwing their backs out trying to suplex each other.
As ridiculous as everything with this guy is, going on free dates with his girlfriend and sending himself to a different sports fantasy camp every week is seeming much less damaging than what a lot of other cronies have been up to. I'll take funding a manchild's excursions over a pointless war any day.
Send him up in one of Elon's rockets next for his space camp adventure!
What a fun image! I love it. π
From Adrian Di Vincenzo
Looking back through my archives late last year I found an image that I can't believe I hadn't seen earlier.
This juvenile Powerful Owl coming into the world with plenty to say. Could possibly be my favourite image yet of this wonderful species. What a moment I nearly missed!
From Raptor Center of Tampa Bay
Just thought I would share these three pictures with you as barred owls are beginning to fledge all over Florida. These owls are fairly good climbers and come out of the nest early. These pictures were all taken within 24 hours and you can see based on the posture of the Owl, how different they look. All three pictures are the same bird!
From Misty Briggs
Ninja school dropout.
Great Horned Owl, USA
From Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke
Why are we squirting that poor little owl with water?? π€
Because it's #PreReleaseDay! π
This Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) has been through a lot over the winter, but has finally reached the final stretch of rehabilitation!
When a vehicle strike damaged this patient's right eye beyond repair, our veterinarians opted to remove the eye to prevent further pain or infection. In owls, this process is called evisceration, since we remove the material inside the boney scleral ring and suture the eye closed.
Most raptors are not releasable with just one eye. But owls' advanced hearing allows them to adapt, hunting and detecting predators nearly as well as a two-eyed bird!
Over the last few months, this patient has demonstrated that they can catch live prey despite their handicap. At the same time, our staff have "flown" this owl around their enclosure to ensure that they have the physical conditioning needed to hunt and escape predators.
For Pre-Release Day, our vet and rehab staff examine the patient's eye(s), ears, nose, mouth, vent, feet condition, flight feather condition, and waterproofing quality. While owls can become soaked during heavy rains, they still have a lesser degree of waterproofing needed to keep themselves warm and safe!
By the time this post goes out, this bird will have passed pre-release with flying colors, and is back in their wild home! π¦β€οΈ
From WMTW
Close Encounter: Owl grounds Camden Fire Department drone
Camden Fire officials are sharing video of a close encounter between a department drone and an owl from a recent nighttime mission.
CFD says pilots aborted a mission Friday night after observing a barred owl following their DJI M30T drone.
βOwls frequently attack drones, perceiving them as territorial threats, predators, or prey, often resulting in damaged or downed aircraft,β CFD wrote on Facebook.
According to the post, CFD has Special Activity Permits to fly at the Camden Snow Bowl and the Camden Hills State park as both areas are No Fly Zones.
From World Bird Sanctuary
How do you tell if an egg is fertile? You look for the veins!
To see the veins, we do something called "candling." It's when you hold a bright light up to the egg in a dark room to see through the shell. You can get special egg lights, but a cell phone light usually works just fine. Veins usually start becoming visible as early as 3-5 days from laying, but the best time to check is usually closer to the 7 day mark. Fertile eggs will continue to darken as the embryo grows, and eventually will be too dark to really see anything as the embryo takes up more and more space in the shell.
You can see the difference between the infertile and fertile Great Horned Owl eggs pretty easily in these pictures.
Infertile
Fertile
Thank you for the input!
It's one of those things I've been meaning to do since the 2 services were bundled, but whenever I got bored with YouTube or whatever other streaming things I was using, I'd take a break and read a book from my backlog or play a video game and then forget to try them.
I just want longer content to put on in the background or while I do chores, I just don't want it to be AI slop.