Masked Owl by stuart83
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Description
This was taken through a wire mesh cage & manually focused to remove the cage from the front of the owl.
Location and Habitat
Very similar in appearance to a Barn Owl, it occurs nowhere more than 300 kilometers from the coast. They are not very common except in Tasmania. It is larger and more solid than the Barn Owl and its face mask is more "rounded" Habitat forests, woodlands, farmlands with large trees, caves.
Description
Robust; crouched posture. Black eyes. Round, dark bordered mask. Darker Feathers in the Tasmanian variety. Voice deep, rasping screech; various twitterings
Activities
Secretive, relatively silent and strictly nocturnal, Very hard to see in the wild.
Feeding
The Masked Owl at night feeds mainly on small mammals up to about the size of a rabbit, but may also fed on small birds or reptiles.
Nesting & Breeding
Seems to mate for life Nesting may occur at any time. The male prepares the nest in a tree hollow with decaying debris. The same tree hollow sometimes becomes the permanent site for breeding. The female incubates the 2-3 eggs, which hatch in just over a month. The Female is provided for by the male until the young "Fledge" roughly after 2 1/2 months
Comments (15)
kinpira
it is lovely.
DJB
Glad I read your commentary, because I was going to say I think it is a barn owl. Fence or not it is a nice photo.
babuci
He looks like want to be taller. Great pose and excelent shot. My heart is whith a tigers thou...I was handling one of them when they were small...thanks for that shot ...now they all grown up and look magneficent!
erlandpil
gOOD PICTURE ERLAND
kjpweb
Good ones - all of them! Bravo!
TomDart
Those legs go "all wht way to the top"..lol. What captivating captue. Thanks.
CavalierLady
Wonderful to see such an unusual bird native to such a small area. Thanks for sharing him with us and giving the history!
busi2ness
It is a very good photo of the owl, no doubt, the pose is full on and reveals much about the birds build and size.
redchilicat
Look at her showing off those long legs ;-) Fantastic shot!
danob
Bravo a lovely shot of the bigger sister of this wonderful species
Shucoda
Great capture mate! You done well with making the wire fence disappear! Captured at the right moment. He looks like he has spotted something... Well done
shahlaa
Beautiful capture of a beautiful bird
mps
Excellent picture. He was posing for you. :)
TheAnimaGemini
Wow, what a beauty. Excellent shot. fantastic.
Nuria
Very beautiful !!