For the last four days a number of local birders have been trying to locate the roosting area of a Great Gray Owl seen repeatly near the Lake Hood portion of Anchorage International Air Port. Turns out it has been watching all of us, from the back porch of a vacant house, on the outside of the air port fence.
I saved the best for last a closeup of the Great Gray Owl, taken 1/17/2012.
Great pics everyone!
Gary, Great to see you! Love the Great Gray Owl and Northern Hawk Owl! Handsome Magpie!
Wow! Beautiful pictures folks.
Love the Owls, especially the Great Gray Owl fooling the birders.
The Owls are impressive! Love the Black-billed Magpie as well. Thanks Gary.
Enjoyed the hawks and the owls. And of course, bluebirds are always nice!
A Ruddy Shelduck from the OKC Zoo. A native of Europe and Asia. Often nest away from water on cliffs, in burrows or hollow trees.
And a male Northern Pintail from the same pool.
I always knew Ohio weather was screwy sometimes, but this is ridiculous! Yesterday it was 55 degrees when I got to work, today it is 29 and snowing! At least the wind has died down , last night when I came out of work, I thought I was going freeze right where I was standing, it was so cold. I filled the feeder so the babies could stay warm and also put some fresh water out. My hubby said next week it could get up to the middle 50s during the day and drop down to the low 30s at night! Crazy man! Here is the neighbors car across the road, the white specks you see are snowflakes.
Gary, awesome owl shots!! How cool that you got both!
Teddy, same crazy weather here.......yesterday morning it was almost 60 then dropped all afternoon!
I have been feeding the birds for some time now, and I have NEVER had the male or female Cardinal land on or eat off the round feeder. So this is a surprise for me!
All your birds are so beautiful.
Those are amazing shots of the Hawk Owl and Gray Owl, Gary, and love the frosted tree!
I;m a bit late in thanking you for the new thread, GG, Cute little Wren you started out with. Would love to see one of those.
Nice to see all the contribution of birds pic.
You're welcome Burn.
Not much doing here, too cold and windy to be outside for very long.
I forgot how fast these threads move and such a variety of birds. I wish I could get some of them. Well here's my contribution - American Coot
Coot's alien feet
Oh my goodness Meth, love those feet!! LOL
A Tufted Titmouse from today.
Another shot, same bird.
I have nothing to post, but would like to say what a great thread this and the last thread are/were.
Chilly, nice one of your harrier.
Lily, just wait till it's nesting time and I'll bet your crows will chase the hawks away.
Gras, the photos of the owl and mapie are awesome! I've heard owls are intelligent-this one sure was.
Red, that shelduck is just beautiful. Great shot of the pintail too.
Teddy, glad your cardinal is at your feeder.
Burn, cute closeup of your goldfinch.
Met, love your coot photos. I'm always amazed with those large feet but I know they're good for dragging the bottoms of the lakes.
Granny great photos of your titmouse.
Here's one of my bluebirds.
A brown-headed cowbird.
I love my bewick's wrens...
they're just full of personality...
GG, Cute ones of your Titmouse!
Duc, Love the shot of the Cowbird and sweet Wren!
One of just three Anna's Hummingbirds spending the winter with us. This young male loves his morning bath in the tabletop fountain but now he's got to wait for the Hermit Thrush and Robins to finish first.
Great birds, duc. Like that little hummer!
Took a drive around Lake Hefner in OKC today, lots of neat divers, but all are too far out for pics. Got some dabblers, though. Greenwing Teal.
And a flicker.
These California Quail are wishing they were Florida Quail.
The Great Gray Owl only posed, on the top balcony rail, for a short time this afternoon. I did take a few more pictures. Check out his white bow tie.
Sweet Hummingbird duc!
Beautiful Teal red!
Hi adel, Love the Quail!
Gary, The Great Gray Owl is wonderful!
Gary, I like that bow tie on the GGO. But he looks so grumpy for the occassion. lol Hah, Adel, the California Quails sure are huddling together in the snow! I wished I were in Florida about now too. I enjoyed all the pics. but those Greenwing Teals really got my attention, Red. Not much happening here, I've many a Gold finches visit daily in the month of Jan. I've tried to be on the look out for Eagles' nest nearby, no activity at the nesting site. Will post pics. when I do see 'em.
Gary, I've only been keeping a life list for a couple of years, but 4 or 5 years ago in the winter, I'm sure I saw a Great Gray owl in Oklahoma. I had taken my grandsons target shooting on Christmas break and it was perched on a fence post along the road. I stopped and backed up to get a better view and it just sat there. No camera, of course. Looked it up when I got home. Another bird I don't have on my list.
The Greater Scaup are still on the big pond, but swim to the back when I drive up, fly if I walk up. Didn't even try to shoot them this a.m. Had 6 Ring-necked Ducks and they are shy too. Shot this one, the ring is visible on his neck. Taken at some distance and cropped considerably.
Great pictures. Love that Great Gray Owl. No wonder it looks grumpy, it is probably freezing its feet. LOL
Blue Jay from earlier in the week.
Same guy.
Red, beautiful photo of the teals. Nice close shots of the flicker and scaup too.
Adel, good job with the quail. Hope you don't get hit too bad with the storm.
Gary, that owl is spectacular. Love the bow tie.
Granny, love your jay-they're so colorful.
Here's one of my female western bluebirds.
A snowy eqret.
A common moorhen.
Lovely shots Duc. That Egret with the reflected image in the water is just fantastic. Wow!
Duc, Great detail in the Moorhen shot!
Nice pics guys!
Great photos!!
This guy has been hanging around lately, probably checking out the flock of sparrows at the feeder, although so far the only thing I've seen him stoop on has been a mouse/vole.
Is he a red-tailed hawk? He just seems too big for that, although I've probably only seen them at a little more of a distance than this. (This tree is in the middle of our back yard, so we get a great view from the house!) There have been bald eagles in the area, and I don't know all their color morphs either.
For perspective, here's a Carolina Wren in the same tree
