Profile of Australia's largest owl - the Powerful Owl
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2013
- This video takes a look at the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), just one of Australia's many amazing owl species. Being the largest owl in Australia it captures the imagination of anyone who has the fortune to observe it. Birds in Backyards is running a project looking at the how the species is surviving in our urban centres, focusing on Sydney and surrounds. Refer to the Birds in Backyards website www.birdsinbackyards.net/Power... for more information. Filmed in Powerful Owl territories throughout Sydney.
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Thanks for a wonderful educational beautiful video and so happy there’s a project for their safety
Saw my first just recently. What a magnificent bird.
Great video,I have lived backing on to a bush reserve here in Sydneys Northern beache(Allambie Hts) for 24 years,and have loved the birdlife ,including owls,but last night heard the loudest Hoot Hoot I have ever heard,I stood on my balcony and ,what Im sure was a Powerful owl flew from my gum tree towards the reserve,it was HUGE and had the biggest wing span I have ever seen,the noise of of flying was incredible,such a great experience.
Thank you for sharing your story Bailey!
We found, what turned out to be a Boobrook owl tonight at our place in Southern Victoria. My investigation of what species it was led me here. Well explained, great video. Thanks!
Such an awesome bird. I love that 'The Owl' in Belconnen, Canberra, pays tribute to such a bird.
Thank you, great video. Ive just heard one and found this video to confirm the call.
Just heard one of these magnificent creatures tonight. Mornington Peninsula.
Appreciate you sharing this Nessy
A pair of Powerful Owls live in the Botanical Gardens, which is located directly next to the Sydney Opera house in the city of Sydney.They survive on an endless supply of brush tailed possums and flying foxes.
I have a feeling I heard this owl about half an hr ago, the characteristic slow hoot hoot at Glenwood where there are lots of potential nesting trees and I’m sure ample prey as Glenwood really appreciates and tries to protect and preserve wildlife.
Saw one at Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park today. First time seeing one.
Thanks for sharing
Very educational. Our property backs onto Brisbane Water National Park which has all the habitat elements mentioned. We have an owl we often see swooping during its night feed. I say see, as we certainly do not hear it ... really mazing at how silent they are when the fly. I do not know what type of owl it is, but I estimate it is about 50-60cm long - so could even be a Powerful Owl! It makes the Bushcare work that a small local group of us do all the more compelling. Thanks for the viddo and the great work BIBY does :-)
Amazing birds!!
Australia need more owls to help the ecosystem. Can their be a breeding program for them.
Hi David liked your vid mate and long time no see. I’ve forwarded the video to my dad who is a bird man. But Radcliffe forwarded it to me. Luckie.
A very nice presentation. No talking down to us.
I hadn't known much about this owl but this youtube has really helped thanks
Glad we could help you!
Strangely enough, on Wikipedia it is claimed that Powerful Owl conservation status = *least concern* I wonder why.
This is brilliant. Fantastic information. Thankyou.
Thank you!
Just thankyou...saw one this morning...biggest thing in the forest
Thanks for the info! I saw one of these absolutely magnificent creatures last night! I'm a massive bird lover but I have never seen such a huge bird. It was on the road and I first thought it was a dog but stopped when I realised it wasn't, as I thought it was injured. It then flew away and it's wingspan was amazing!
Thank you for sharing your story Ashleigh. If you have the time please subscribe to BIBY TV ruclips.net/user/birdsinbackyards and register your bird sightings at birdata.birdlife.org.au/. You could record the birds in your backyard or local park and we could stitch them together for a nice little video.
They are very spiritual birds, in particular the Powerful Owl
I'm pretty sure there are a pair of these beauties on my property on Tamborine Mountain
I just saw one of these in my backyard last night. Was eying of my new puppy. When I scared it away, it flew at me, it was huge.
Great video
Excellent video on an amazing bird. Contains the tautology of the day, 'V shaped chevrons'.
We have/had one here until a tornado struck 6 months ago. Haven’t heard it since. Praying it’s ok
I found this video really interesting. We have often heard the double hoot here and wondered which owl was making it. We have had pet ducks for a few years now and had the powerful owl visit us many times since then. We have sighted it twice, but found signs it had visited many more times including finding a huge feather. I was surprised that it had eaten a carpet python one night, almost certainly with a rat or small mammal in it's belly (not sure if that was the appeal).
I just discovered this species via a friends posting on FB. Normal sexual dimorphism. First time I heard of this. Never new there was a hawk owl family, never new there was an owl larger than a GHO but smaller than a Snowy Owl. I think all the big owls post GHO begin the Eagle Owl line. Plus, the WIKIPEDIA link lead me to the Barking Owl. So, learned a lot this morning.
I have one in my back yard now hear the hoot but very hard to pin point location of owl but keep trying. I also had a kingfisher on my clothes line yesterday and again this morning still there now7.42 am. likes my Pond Pool conversion. Hoots Regularly all day long.
Powerful owl: ..
Boobook owl: ..
Barking owl: woof woof
Thank you for informing me. We observed the adult resting high at Sea Acres Reserve in Port Macquarie today.
There is at least one new hatchling.
Thank you for sharing this Glennis.
Magnificent. Please protect them
We have one that hoots all night around spring into summer. He's welcome to live in my yard to get rid of the possums that run around in and out of our roof!!
Great information thank you
Great video David & team!
Some amazing footage! Thank you
Thank you!
I heard similar hoot hoot noises just now in my backyard! Had to come here to see what it was
Interesting, I think there is one nesting end of Elkhorn Drive, Tewantin Qld (not seen the bird but hear the sounds every night.
Very good presentation of information. Blessed to see my first on Christmas eve.
I live in LoganVillage Queensland on a property there are a good amount of owls here the Angry/powerful,and masked owl I love them but my chickens are always disappearing
Well done - excellent video and information.
Great info thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Have just been listening to a pair in Belgrave Victoria
Great video Dave - I hope all is well with you and yours 😉
An excellent video.
Now I know what bird I've been hearing this cool night.
Magnificent birds, was lucky enough to see one today in the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens where they are sometimes seen roosting during the day!
That's lovely Mr Superleobros. Did you know you can record sightings at ebird.org?
No I didn't but I will look to it. Thanks for telling me!
Thats great Dave, I have been checking them at Terry's Creek and sending Jenny the locations. Geoff
Thank you. Nice documentary
Glad you enjoyed it
I hope you're frowning more of these cute birdies as well as barking owls
It is a magnificent bird as you say. I live on the Upper North Shore and there are 4 or 5 pairs living not far from my house. The hooting in the night is the first clue, then the pellets. Basically there is a pair in each gully, so plenty of trees (angophoras in particular), water, and wildlife. 1 of our possums went the other night (and with luck others will also). A friend is closely involved in tracking them and reports to a service regularly. Perhaps it's your research where information she gathers ends up.
I live in Brighton Victoria......we have a resident powerful owl. So far this year and last night It has killed 4 possums....all that's left on the lawn is fur and a pile of digestive tract (stomach and bowl)....a welcome visitor to my fruit and vegetable garden.
Luckily we did not get the debris - the owl would have taken the possum back to the nest to feed the fledglings.
I think he just landed on my terrace at Yamba, curled up like a very large cat away from the storm .. he fled as I got my camera ..
Maybe next time
I heard a hoot a couple days back, I was wondering if it scould be an owl. Turns out it was the ninox strenua!
David! We learn about you in class 😁
I wonder if nesting boxes can work? Thank you for your excellent efforts.
Just heard this, this morning at around 4:30am
I just had a powerful owl fly up under my porch, go feet first up into the corner 3m from the edge and grab a gecko and two flaps and it was gone. Right next to me.
I said wow about 20 times.
@A Lucky Man! I found a small one down the back of my last house (where most of my bird videos are filmed (I could get 15 species at once, come when I call most of them, I had pet curlews, magpies, kookas, butcher birds, cockatoos, galah, drongoes, friars, noisy minah, black faced cuckoo shrikes plovers (funny birds, I had friends for 9 years, they'd bring their babies to me, all the birds did, I felt so privelidged to be so trusted), wood ducks, pacific black ducks all had names, my house backed onto a wetlands (I'm IN one now. Lol,) and we had 3 acres a huge spring fed waterhole where ibis and ducks bred every year. I had 80ibis in my carport one morning, I'd left out the duck food and they we t to town, Ii know there were 80. I opened the door and all took off at once, like a tornado, they all landed across the road and I cou Ted them. 🤣.
I have videos here and a Facebook page "Southern Moreton Bay Islands Oddities and wildlife" snakes 4m goannas (monitors 7ft 70kg, huge spiders. Frogs etc I loved it there, I now have far less birds. I miss my old friends. Curlews, kookas, butchers and magpies mostly would follow me around the yard. One curlew girl used to just follow me and watch, sometimes sit down and watch, but she was hilarious.
0:43 Dog-Owl 😂😂😂
Heard one of these outside my window on the weekend, wish I had a red torch light to find it and view it in the tree
What suburb are you in please?
@@BIBYTV yowie bay, near the royal national park
Thanks for sharing this information.
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Hi, thanks for this informative video! I have always had a great appreciation for owls and I hope to learn more about them.
You mentioned a few times in the video that "old mature hollowed trees" are important to the powerful owls survival.
Sorry if this is a silly question: but can you either "hollow or bore" holes into larger trees to create these potential nesting holes? Or alternatively cut a section of old tree, hollow that out and fix it/nail it into another tree? (Kind of like a cubby house)
Would things like this work? Or has it been tried?
Sorry for the delay in replying Andrew.
You can build a nest box for different owls that then attaches to a tree. There are all sorts of designs out there. We have a plan for a Boobook Owl nest box (and many other bird species): www.birdsinbackyards.net/Nest-Box-Plans.
There is one instance that I know of of Powerful Owls using a nest box, but only one - and it was a giant nest box! I believe there has been a couple of other trials but no take up yet. Its certainly something to consider to conserve them, but preserving the whole trees themselves (and the food that the owls eat) is vital.
All I know is I heard this screaming sound outside and something was ripping the flyingfoxs apart. Looked up on the roof and there was this massive black figure with glow red eye I crapped big time it was an owl but it bad the 2 bat ears so not sure which one it was but 60cm long sounds about right. Thought he might carry me off so went inside Lol!
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Good video, just watched it to check the call of the owl sitting in the Eucalyptus citriadora in my backyard, been hoot hooting for the past half hour and I could get a good look as the headtorch didn't seem to phase it at all. I've heard its call in the distance the past few weeks but hadn't seen it up close. Would it be calling for its mate?
Alex Zaroyko Hi Alex
It certainly could be though it is breeding season now which means that the females are in the hollows sitting on eggs. My guess it is more likely advertising that this is its territory (for other Powerful Owls to note) - they tend to call softly to their mate when they get close to the nest hollow to let her know he is there (usually with dinner).
Rufus owl is my fave
BIBY TV - hello there. I live in Melbourne. I'm planning to do a short film as a final year university project titled 'The Owl.' I've noted there are no owl wranglers in Melbourne. I'm I able get some stock footage of the powerful owl? The shots I need is:
1) the owl eating a possum firmly holding by its talons.
2) sitting on a branch turning its back, then turning the face towards the camera before s/he does that face rotation/circling act, stops that act to keep staring.
Appreciate immensely if you can be of help. Hoping to hear from you ASAP, please.
I think I had Powerful Owl roosting in a large eucalypt outside our bedroom ( Saratoga /Central coast) last nightVery unusual loud, sad ,mournful noise - single not double notes.
We had a POWERFUL OWL in our area this week. He or she rested in a tree during the day. This link leads to a photo of it facebook.com/PetDirectory/photos/a.126420725554.129181.101540755554/10153834890330555/?type=3
+Rabbit Rescue Sanctuary Your photo looks like a Barking Owl - ruclips.net/video/8Se3Ta0aKkk/видео.html
I have a property in Royalla and I let my dogs out if I notice foxes hunting the wild ducks on my dam. One night I shone my torch on my dogs as they were running through the paddock, searching for the fox; amazingly an owl was precisely flying about 3 meters above them matching every turn my dogs made.
Thanks for sharing your story Lawrence!
Hi, great video, Can i ask has anyone heard of a Powerful Owl trying to take a small dog for prey? reason i ask is something has my mums dog very scared of a night time, i've never heard a HooT, but something with what must be a massive wing span does fly off when i go outside from time to time, never got a sight of it though. I know they are in the Area (back of Coffs Harbour) , any ideas? thanks!
Rally in Motion also i should note seems to only be in this area during the colder months, i dont hear it as much in warmer months.. :) we have Bats in area which could be a food source also
Rally in Motion these guys tend to take aboreal prey - so possums and birds in trees. I have heard of one young pup (very small and light) being taken but that would be a very very rare event. Your mum's dog could likely be scared of it but I think it very unlikely that the owl would actually take the dog.
yeh talking about it, we come to the conclusion the dog is prob scaring it, and then in turn the dog gets scared.. to be honest it scares me.. sound of the wings is unique and something out of a horror movie! i need to get a IR night cam and see if i can capture it! we have a lot of trees in our yard compared to others and get birds roosting and lots of frogs, see the odd possum but not often! we did have a bat colony that moved on and i think thats why i am hearing him again (plus this is nesting time? and he may be hunting for himself and his mate... very interesting..
I would say the sound of him taking off is like the wing flaps from the dragons on Game of Thrones .. haha
I heard it has nearly 700 horsepower.
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I'm curious... What accent is that of the narrator's? It's not the usual Aussie accent I'm used to hearing.
He's Australian
I live in Berringa Victoria. We have a powerful owl hooting in the back bushland this evening. I came to the internet to find out which species we are hearing.
After an introduction like that, no one needs to actually see the owl.
I was trailblazing in the Dandenong Mountain ranges and what looked like a powerful own must have thought I was some big prey item or was just curious as to my presence in the wild terrain and came from behind and landed on a tree near a gully that I was heading towards, it bobbed its head at me, perhaps trying to decipher my outline amongst the brush within its depth of vision as I was wearing natural colors and would have blended in quite well, I banished the impulse like most civilized to death folks would have to capture this magnificent predator and mimicked it's head movement back, then I continued on my way as another wild animal would.
The rufus looks quite a lot like the spe tacled owl. Frogmouth is not pretty. I almost feel bad for saying that! Grass owls too. Now I feel better having said that for some dumb reason.
This is why it's so important to not use rat and mouse baits. I just wish they could stop being sold.
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