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Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Description:

This owl was being chased by a small yellow bird that managed to land on top of it to peck at it. Quite an amazing sight. The other bird is a Western King BIrd (Tyrannus verticalis)

Habitat:

Nest in tall trees near an orange trees plantation.

Notes:

This is my spotting No. 500

1 species ID suggestions

243 Comments (1–25)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens a day ago

Thank you Mona

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih a day ago

Fantastic... Congratulation Luis.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens a day ago

Thank you Karen. It is an honor.

KarenL
KarenL a day ago

Congrats Luis, your spotting is featured on the Owl Pages! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...

LuisStevens
LuisStevens a month ago

Thank you Gustavo Morejon

GustavoMorejon
GustavoMorejon a month ago

Amazing pics !!! Can't believe it ... Nice shots.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 2 months ago

Thank you albear 1960 and Carol

Carol Snow Milne
Carol Snow Milne 2 months ago

Great to see this spot again! One of my all time favorites. Wonderful, Luis!

albear1960
albear1960 2 months ago

Wow - what a shot!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 2 months ago

Thank you Toucan and mmarchiano for your kind words.

mmarchiano
mmarchiano 2 months ago

That is one of the most fantastic set of photos of small bird harassing a predator bird...in this case the Western King bird and the Barn owl. Fantastic photography.

Toucan
Toucan 4 months ago

Great spotting and series!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 4 months ago

Thank you JanelleL.Streed

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 4 months ago

Great capture, Luis!!!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 4 months ago

Thank you Lauren, Satyen, Jakubko, martinl, alfytere and Raquel for your kind words.

Raquel Stevens
Raquel Stevens 4 months ago

Amazing pictures!!!

alfytere
alfytere 4 months ago

¡Felicidades Luis!

martinl
martinl 4 months ago

Congratulations Luis Stevens.
How did I miss this spotting.
This is without doubt the best bird spotting.

RiekoS
RiekoS 4 months ago

Congratulations Luis!!!!

Jakubko
Jakubko 4 months ago

Congratulations, Luis! This is very much well-deserved! An awesome sight of a territorial dispute. Congratulations on your 500th spotting too! :)

SatyenM
SatyenM 4 months ago

Congrats Luis!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 4 months ago

Congratulations Luis! Very well deserved!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 4 months ago

Thank you very much to all for your kind words. Thank you Project Noah for the honor.

Congratulations Luis!!!! Such an awesome spotting.

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 4 months ago

Congratulations :)

California, USA

Lat: 36.70, Long: -119.56

Spotted on Jun 3, 2012
Submitted on Jun 25, 2012

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