And just because scale is hard to tell from the photo and I have loved this fact since I learned it, this little friend is just a bit larger than a House Sparrow.

A fearsome mini-raptor! I love them.

Another fun fact is that they are one of the main predators of chickadees. When a chickadee chick-a-dees as a warning call, the number of “dees” can often be preportional to the perceived threat. In one study a chickadee “dee’d” 23 times in the presence of a pygmy owl!

#birds #birding #owls

First-of-season Northern Pygmy Owl on its young cottonwood perch 🥰

#birds #birding #owls

chick-a-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee

#birds #birding #owls

And just because scale is hard to tell from the photo and I have loved this fact since I learned it, this little friend is just a bit larger than a House Sparrow.

A fearsome mini-raptor! I love them.

Another fun fact is that they are one of the main predators of chickadees. When a chickadee chick-a-dees as a warning call, the number of “dees” can often be preportional to the perceived threat. In one study a chickadee “dee’d” 23 times in the presence of a pygmy owl!

#birds #birding #owls

First-of-season Northern Pygmy Owl on its young cottonwood perch 🥰

#birds #birding #owls

Wildlife category, first place: I’m Watching You

‘A curious young tawny frogmouth keeps a watchful eye on its surroundings.’

Photograph: Donald Chin

#photography
#birds
#owls

Great news, everyone! The owl who fell into a cement mixer is all cleaned up and ready to return to the wild and, perhaps most importantly, makes this facial expression when being fussed at by the humans!

#news #owls #animalRehab #birds #greatFacialExpressions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/owl-flies-free-cement-mixer-utah

A screech owl roosts on a comfortable shelf fungus in a tree.

Photograph: Brad Morley

#photography
#birds
#owls
#fungi

Great news, everyone! The owl who fell into a cement mixer is all cleaned up and ready to return to the wild and, perhaps most importantly, makes this facial expression when being fussed at by the humans!

#news #owls #animalRehab #birds #greatFacialExpressions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/owl-flies-free-cement-mixer-utah

A screech owl roosts on a comfortable shelf fungus in a tree.

Photograph: Brad Morley

#photography
#birds
#owls
#fungi

Detox Doodles!

This is a habit of drawing something every time I feel the urge to scroll unnecessarily. It helps stop the bad habit and start a new good habit of sketching daily!

This page is all about owls, who are surprisingly expressive!

#art #owls #sketch #DetoxDoodles #inkart #sciart

Detox Doodles!

This is a habit of drawing something every time I feel the urge to scroll unnecessarily. It helps stop the bad habit and start a new good habit of sketching daily!

This page is all about owls, who are surprisingly expressive!

#art #owls #sketch #DetoxDoodles #inkart #sciart

In case you missed it, the excellently cute "Owls in Towels" has a new account on the Fediverse at:

🦉 @owlsintowels

If you were previously following their old account you will need to manually refollow their new account, as their server shut down before they had a chance to transfer properly.

If you don't know the account, when wildlife homes take care of owls they often have to wrap them in towels to stop them flapping about. This makes them look very sweet! 🥰

#Owls #Birds #Birbs