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BumRushDaShow

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10. Was looking up the "Northern saw-whet owl"
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 11:32 AM
Nov 2020


These are babies (juveniles) next to a huge caterpillar -



Most of the pics were of them in some kind of conifer tree - whether a spruce or cedar or pine!

I have never heard of this owl - always hear about the "barn owl" and "screech owl" and "great-horned owl".

The cardinals like to nest in dense shrubs and trees and there would be a dozen or more in a little flock in the spruce. I have seen them chase after bluejays and they are beautiful in winter - especially the males that have that bright red plumage! They are territorial, so it was wild to see someone captured this pic of one with a bluejay



I have seen flocks of blue jays go after Cooper's hawks. These birds are a trip. Hell I have a song sparrow that yells at me every time I go out on my patio!

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