Newly fledged Powerful Owls.
Had a wonderful day with Kay and Kevin Williams of the Toowoomba Bird Observers. The highlight of the day was a family of Powerful Owls north of Toowoomba. We found three of them sitting near each other; one adult and two young.
A young Powerful Owl.
Adult Powerful Owl.
The adult was very alert watching us and scanning all around. Minutes earlier, we first found a Grey Goshawk that was flying tree to tree around the Powerful Owl territory and we believed this adult remained wary due to that. I missed a flight-shot opportunity as it left this perch and flew to another tree. It looked very large in the air with beautiful, broad wings.
The above two photographs are different views of a single fledgling.
(Above) The adult alert at its new perch.
Did I say the adult seemed alert and wary?
The Grey Goshawk nearby.
As I said, a wonderful day. Thanks Kevin and Kay.
3 comments:
Nice write-up and images. The Powerful Owl Chicks look very cute in their fluffy white plumage.
Wow these birds look so powerful since they're very young!
You're really lucky to get such spectacular species over there.
we have had a powerful owl in our warehouse for 3 weeks now he seems happy enough flying around at night times,see it all the time as im on arvo shift and its keeping other birds at bay so a bit of a bonus considering the warehouse is 2 minutes out of dandenong weird?
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