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Birders

Donkees

(32,398 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2022, 10:38 AM Dec 2022

Photos: Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

S.P. Bhargav. Location: Oulu, Finland. June 2014.
A Ural Owl flies towards us with wings outstretched

Davis Drazdovskis. Location: Teici Nature Reserve, Latvia. June 2011. Owlet at just over 3 weeks old.
A baby Ural Owl rests on a broken tree

Davis Drazdovskis. Location: Latvia. June 2011.
A baby Ural Owl peaks out of its nest box

Lars Petersson. Location: Västmanland, Sweden. May 2011.
Ural Owl perched on a small branch at daytime

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Photos: Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2022 OP

These are just wonderful! Thank you, my dear Donkees. ♥ n/t CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2022 #1

It appears that its plumage changes color over the year. Sanity Claws Dec 2022 #2

''An example of variation in face mask plumage coloration in adult birds in the southern Ural Owl'' Donkees Dec 2022 #3

I love these pictures. Owls are too cool. Deuxcents Dec 2022 #4

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,102 posts)

1. These are just wonderful! Thank you, my dear Donkees. ♥ n/t

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 10:40 AM

Dec 2022

Sanity Claws

(22,038 posts)

2. It appears that its plumage changes color over the year.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:11 AM

Dec 2022

Is that accurate?

Donkees

(32,398 posts)

3. ''An example of variation in face mask plumage coloration in adult birds in the southern Ural Owl''

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:41 AM

Dec 2022

Photo shows 9 color variations:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/An-example-of-variation-in-face-mask-plumage-coloration-in-adult-birds-in-the-southern_fig4_301639138

Deuxcents

(19,737 posts)

4. I love these pictures. Owls are too cool.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:53 AM

Dec 2022

Think I’ve said that before. I saw on a documentary that when owls are in flight, there is no sound and they come up on their prey with deadly surprise. We have burrow owls here n they are protected but some not so honorable builders destroy their habitat.. grrr. Our majestic bald eagles are another protected bird and they are numbered and watched carefully.

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