Today, I decided to pop around the patch on the evening with the hope of seeing a mammal or two at dusk or maybe if I'm lucky picking up a patch Barn Owl. Well the mammals were not showing (I've had Foxes, Badgers, Stoats and various Bats at dusk on other occasions). As for a Barn Owl, well it was a bit optimistic.
The evening wasn't a complete loss though as I did manage to verify that there are in fact 2 Little Owls on territory on the patch. One on the Northern side and one to the South. As a pair bred at the Southern location last year its possible that they are breeding here again. The Northern Territory bird is a recent find (found by TMH) and has been present on a number of evenings over the last few weeks. This evening though I managed to see adult birds at both sites...encouraging indeed.
Little Owl
Nice one Jase, I can never get close to Little Owls in the Summer, I have better luck in the winter :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers Warren. They are trickier this time of year but can still be quite showy at dusk
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