Champions of the Flyway!

Showing posts with label Barn Owl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barn Owl. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Filey, 31 from '13 - #3



Hard to beat on all scores, Barn Owls are always a huge pleasure to watch, especially in bright sunshine (and well away from roads). This male hunted the Tip - a small grassland reserve here in Filey - around me, unconcerned by my presence, and carried prey high up into the sky, over part of the town and back to his family at the Dams.









Friday, May 10, 2013

A barnstorming performance



No matter how many you've seen, it doesn't really get much better than a Barn Owl, and this local male gave me some the best views I've ever had the other day here in Filey. Happily hunting around me for the best part of half an hour, he was successful twice - the first was breakfast, and the second was a takeaway for the wife, occupying the traditional nest site across town.