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When I used to live in south Florida, the airport that I worked on would protect the burrowing owls there and set up T perches near their burrows to give them a better view of any potential prey. Wasn't unusual to see them around at all. I found out that there was a burrow near a fence line that you could get a close up look of them. The airport had put up a canvas barrier to mostly hide them from casual view so people wouldn't pester them. Being young and not quite as sensitive about distrubing wildlife as I would be now, I popped my head above just to take a quick look and was greeted with 7 pairs of eyes staring back at me with various head tilts and a circular motion they make with their heads. It was funny as well as adorable but I only watched for a few seconds before I left them in peace. So I would vote for a full video on the burrowing owls. They just have such unusual habits compared to other owls.
Nice. I'm surprised about this, since in Ron DeathSantis Flori-Duh normally an animal like this who compromised corporate profits would just be run over....
@@Flies2FLL boy do you americans just LOVE talking about politics on places that don't warrant it. people are here for CUTE BIRD FACTS AND VIDEOS not politicians you don't like🙄 Go back to twitter or facebook. I'm not american and I'm sick of your types ruining wholesome discussions. I don't give a crap, EVERY politician (in the world and in your country) is a scoundrel and PoS anyway, so let people enjoy nature videos and escape that stressful shit.
I'm the odd one, I like the Snowy Owls, what beauty. We have Barn Owls in our area and have 2 nesting boxes up for them as we live on acreage and need them to take out the rodents. Wow! You have never heard such a racket!! 5 babies were in the nest near the house.
Oh, I can imagine the noise from all of those barn owl babies wow! They are really beautiful owls though and it's awesome that two live in your area, helping to keep the rodents down.
My favorite is the barred owl, "Who cooks for you" heard nightly camping by a creek at scout camp. I saw a fisherman hold up a fish on a cushion and a barred owl came out of the trees on the rive bank and took it. Also in Arkansas I've heard screech owls. Sound like someone moaning at a distance when they were actually pretty close. Very interesting video. Thanks.
A vid on the Great Horned would be nice. They're beautiful and majestic and I'd love to know more about them. The first time I saw one was on a school field trip to the local science museum. His name was Spooky and he lived at the museum for 38 yrs. Always fascinated me.
Aww, how cool about you seeing one at your local museum. They can live so long, and I agree they are beautiful and majestic. I would definitely do a full video on them again but for now, I should let you know that I did make a video last fall if you'd like to check it out :) Here is a link ruclips.net/video/186hIk0XmNI/видео.html
I actually have two favorites the 1st being the Burrowing owl and the 2nd being the Great Horned. I watched a great horned owl takeover an osprey nest in Savannah Georgia's Cornell University live cam to raise one male chick. When you told me they would eat anything, it made me think of her ... because she brought her little boy another owl a Tawny owl I believe it was because if it had been a burrowing owl Ivwould have cried. I would LOVE to learn more about the Burrowing owl 🦉& maybe the others down the road!! Thank you Leslie!! You made my difficult day brighter!! ❤️💖💕
Those Great-horned Owls are something else. It's incredible what they can do. Burrowing Owls are wonderful little birds of prey I'd love to do a full video on them. They are terrific and definitely a favorite of mine. I hope your day is much easier today, take good care of yourself, Sherry. Much love and light to you
We had an owl somewhere around our property that sounded so cartoonishly like an owl that I thought one of the neighbors had lost their mind and was imitating an owl.
On one of the live eagles' nest cams I watch, the daddy eagle, who's usually standing guard on a branch while mom is on the eggs/babies, got attacked regularly by a GHO, at night, when he couldn't see the owl coming. I'd love to see a longer video on (in order of interest): GHO, Burrowing, Snowy, Great Gray, Short-eared. I'll love a video on any of them, of course.
Yea that apparently happens quite a bit. Great Horned Owls are crazy owls, but I do remember seeing an adult eagle attacking a great-horned owlet before too. It was nearing fledging.
Right. You hear about this all the time. Last year I think it was one of the Florida bald eagle nests that was continually attacked by a great horned owl. And then there is the Texas Backyard Wildlife I think it is who had the GHOs nesting in the bald eagle nest.
You are very welcome. I could never imagine letting any of my pets roam, I'd be too worried about them for one, but most importantly I would worry about the wildlife. :)
Owls are wonderful. They were my late wife's favourite. A few weeks ago, I heard a Southern Boobook. Hadn't heard one for a long time. Short-eared Owls have a huge range so would be worth looking at in a longer video.
We have Short-eared owls here in my location but my luck with owls haven't been the best. I would love to get some recordings of them to include in a full length video about more of their habits.
I love owls. I remember the irruption of Snowy Owls from winter 2017, because the raptor center where I worked had two of them come in. The female had too many health issues and didn't survive but the male did. I was out for about a month due to surgery, and I checked up on "Snowy" just about every day on the online database. He ended up being flown up north to Vermont to be successfully released up there. Of all the owls on this list, the Great Horned is my favorite. I've gotten to interact with two of them as their aviary cleaner, and also with one who was a once in a lifetime special education bird that there will never be another like him.
Owls are my Favorite bird! I wh00 talk to them!..grateful they live in my yard, lake, lightly wooded area! The stories and memories they have given me💓
As a side note, I was visiting family in central Florida back in March 2022. I was outside with my moms dogs, and it was about 4am. I heard the very familiar sound, “ who cooks for you, who cooks for yoooouuu” of the barred owl. I’d love to see a video of these beautiful owls in the future. Thank you 🙏🏼 Lesley 🤗
Last winter a owl took a rabbit in my back yard. Mixed thoughts on that. I believe burrowing owls chicks can make a sound like a rattlesnake in there home to fend off predators
They are all good choices for their own video! However I have never seen a Burrowing Owl. My vote goes there. Thank you for sharing the video. Have a great weekend.
We live on southern Vancouver Island we get snow owls, barn owls and more. We hear them nightly. Have taken pics of them in our trees. They are all are absolutely beautiful. Every time we see a snow owl it truly a blessing. Every time, lol, seen only 4 or 5 in my life. Snow owl would be a great show.
I have Never seen an Owl in the Wild. I worked at a Nature Reserve for a Summer as a Kid and Fed a Barn Owl Every Day. I Have been Searching and Will Continue to While Hiking and Camping. Love Your Channel Keep it up!
Would be so, so thrilled to see a snowy owl where I live this winter (Midwest US). I'd like a video on them. Must be one of the most beautiful birds out there. Would also be fun to learn more about the adorable and unusual burrowing owl.
One time in February years ago, I saw a red-tailed hawk stoop and nail a small critter in a field. However, before it could make a meal of it, a great horned owl appeared, drove off the hawk and claimed the fresh meat for itself. It's the only time I ever witnessed a confrontation between an owl and a hawk. I grew up in screech owl country. We used to camp in the woods and nothing put my heart in my throat faster than having a screech owl go off unexpectedly in the middle of the night just above us in the trees.
I heard recording of Screech Owls are they have such a beautiful yet eerie sound. I would love to live in an area where they are. What a time I'd have watching and recording videos of them. Really neat about you seeing the confrontation of the GHO and RTH. I've seen Eagles doing the same to Ospreys. Chasing them down until they drop their fish. Ruthless out there
Last winter I watched a grey owl sitting in a tree near our house. He was gorgeous-sitting in a conifer. It was winter. The chickadees and downies were completely comfortable with it being there. The owl was hunting voles in the snow. I’d love to see a video on grey owls and there relationship with crows. I have seen crows chasing the owls in our woods. We are fortunate enough to live on a coastal peninsula AND have an eleven acre fresh water pond abutting our property. Our cottage is very tiny and rustic but we bought it because of the land. It is resource-heavily wooded with conifers, maples, and birch. We see many beautiful birds, including osprey and eagles. An irruption of snowy owls would be amazing. I hope word gets out that we have a bit of a vole problem here! Love your channel! I subscribe to just a few-yours being one.
I was fortunate to see a Snowy Owl during a snowstorm in Port Angeles Washington many years ago. It was amazing to see it in the snow. I also spotted some Burrowing Owls in Colorado one winter.
This is awesome. A long, long time ago, in the small town we lived in, one night, the cops pulled up in the lot next door and set the spotlight on the steeple of the church across the street. There was a Great Horned Owl prowling around that steeple, that was filled with pigeons. The next morning, the feathers on the ground were amazing. He ate good that night!
Awesome, awesome video! Well done and thank you so much for the comprehensive information within. I live in SE Michigan and my neighbor and I successfully rescued a Great Horned Owl last night that was completely entangled in a soccer net on the local school grounds. Took some time but we got it cut out, watched it to ensure there was no visible wing damage, left it alone in the dark for half hour and then verified that it did fly away. What a great feeling!
We live in Naples, in SW Fla. Hubby and I enjoy walking our pups in the evening and very often see our Burrowing Owls sitting atop the mailboxes, light boxes or on the ground in the swales. They’re so cute! I’d love a full video on these fierce little creatures. Thanks!
Leslie, I’d love to see a program on the eastern screech owl. I was awoken one night by what sounded like a horse whining outside my open bedroom window. I have a huge maple outside my window but I couldn’t spot anything. I honestly thought some neighbourhood kids were pranking me.
I would love to do one on those beautiful owls. What gorgeous songs they have too. Too funny about you thinking the neighborhood kids were pranking you. :) I'll keep note of the Eastern Screech Owl video for some time in the near future. Thank you
I know what you mean, I've never seen them in person either but I'd have a field day if I did. They are comical, super adorable, and full of interesting behaviors.
I just can't choose my favorite owl species. The burrowing owls are so cute! The great horned and great grey are magnificent. I've seen snowy owls over the past two winters since I moved up to Vermont. I saw them not in town, but perched on fences on my sister's property up in the hills. When I was a little kid, I couldn't help imagining that when a great horned owl stared ahead at the camera, he'd be asking with some annoyance, "Whoooo are youuuu?"
I would love to see a full video on the Great Horned! The Great Grey scares me. It feels like it is looking deep within my soul and wants to get rid of me xD
Please make a video on all owls. I really can't choose just 1. Just last spring I photographed some GHO nests which was really exciting and I love how sleepy the owlets are. I got really great video footage of a GH owlet regurgitating a pellet! I'd be happy to give it to you for a video. It's one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen.
Oh no way, that is wonderful about you getting to see them nesting. I bet those owlets were adorable to see, especially with the regurgitating of a pellet, awesome! Thank you for the kind offer for us to use your video, I would love to include them for when we do make another video on the GHO. I believe we have used some of you videos before of other birds, if you want you contact Jamie with a follow up email. He will get you all set up :) Thanks again
This was great...I have an affinity for owls. It would have been really nice if you included the common calls of each to help identify them when you hear them.
I am intrigued by ALL Owls. They are ALL so majestic & beautiful & so truly fascinating, my wish is to learn more about ALL of them. Here in SW Ohio USA, sadly... in all my hopeful years of watching & waiting (63)... I have YET to spot an exquisite Owl in the wild. That would be such a wonderful dream come true! And so... if any LTBN Fan/Owl-Lovers out there can offer advice that may improve my chances of spotting one of these lovely creatures in it's natural habitat (when, where, how, etc)... I warmly invite & welcome your reply. Many thanks to you dear Leslie & to all fellow LTBN Fans.🙏♥️🇺🇲✌
Here in my neck of west central Florida we have seen several owl species. Barred Owls live around our property and I've seen them as early as two in the afternoon. Their almond shaped black eyes and crazy monkey like calls are truly unique! We also have Screech Owls and a Great Horned Owl visited for several months this year. He would sit in the trees in the morning making a loud and screechy call and would stare indignantly back at you if you found him in the branches!
Loved the video, they are so rare and I love when I see them. And I definitely did see them during that explosion you spoke of way down here in West Central Florida - Tampa. I have seen a few owls here but definitely saw the white one, it was amazing. It's hard for me to choose but I will look for your full video on whichever one gets selected. Thank you!
I live in Wisconsin and have seen in my back yard great horned, saw-whet, barred, screech, and a barn owls. I love them all. Even had a hooting session with one of the great horned owls...Lol! I'd love to hear more about the saw-whet owl.
Thank you, Lesley, for another interesting video. I love the Snowy Owls…I got a chance to see one several years ago as the beautiful bird decided to land in my brother-in-laws large back yard while we were visiting. He or she sat on the roof of a garden shed for a long time before flying off into the nearby woods. At my place we have lots of Barred Owls hooting away in the late afternoon is mostly when I hear them and sometimes in the late evening, I love listening to them.
Loved your 5 owls Lesley! It must have been hard to choose. I would suggest a video on the Screech Owl. They are widespread across the continent and have interesting regional diversities too. Thanks!
Very hard to choose for sure. I think the Screech Owl is absolutely wonderful and their songs, wow! Definitely worth doing something on them some day :)
One of my best photos was of a Great Grey. Quietly sitting on a stump out on an island in BC. I’ve seen Snowy Owls show up on the QC South Shore. Pulled over to watch one on top of a light standard checking out a winter snow covered farmer’s field. Thanks for the nice videos it brought back memories of my encounters.
I recently read that Burrowing Owls in California are threatened because of habitat loss. Wildlife officials transplanted some owls to a new territory, and in order to ensure that the owls would settle there permanently, they had to make it seem as if there were other Burrowing Owls living in the area. They accomplished this by splattering white paint near burrows and playing recordings of the owls' calls. I thought it was fascinating and a really innovative plan to help the Burrowing Owl! Anyway, thanks for the wonderful owl video! It was really neat to learn more about them! I especially liked the Great Gray Owl and its incredible sense of hearing!
I live near a golf course and there is a pair of Great Horned Owls that favors a particular pine tree about 100 meters from our house. We've also had Barred Owls duetting in our back yard once, we live near pocosin habitat that is perfect for Barred Owls. I love hearing owls call out in the middle of the night. I would love a full video on either Great Horned or Snowy (Snowy Owls are known to winter on the Outer Banks on North Carolina since it looks a lot like their native Tundra habitat!)
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Great horned owls are my favorite out of the ones listed as a matter of fact i also love barn owls and screech owls
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@@redschafer7804 Great choices, but then again what owl isn't cool?! :)
@@LesleytheBirdNerd all owls are cool i just happen to have those near my house s
When I used to live in south Florida, the airport that I worked on would protect the burrowing owls there and set up T perches near their burrows to give them a better view of any potential prey. Wasn't unusual to see them around at all. I found out that there was a burrow near a fence line that you could get a close up look of them. The airport had put up a canvas barrier to mostly hide them from casual view so people wouldn't pester them. Being young and not quite as sensitive about distrubing wildlife as I would be now, I popped my head above just to take a quick look and was greeted with 7 pairs of eyes staring back at me with various head tilts and a circular motion they make with their heads. It was funny as well as adorable but I only watched for a few seconds before I left them in peace. So I would vote for a full video on the burrowing owls. They just have such unusual habits compared to other owls.
Nice. I'm surprised about this, since in Ron DeathSantis Flori-Duh normally an animal like this who compromised corporate profits would just be run over....
@@Flies2FLL He was probably still in diapers when I was there.
@@Solitaire1 He's still in diapers, shitting all over the place~
@@Flies2FLL boy do you americans just LOVE talking about politics on places that don't warrant it. people are here for CUTE BIRD FACTS AND VIDEOS not politicians you don't like🙄
Go back to twitter or facebook.
I'm not american and I'm sick of your types ruining wholesome discussions. I don't give a crap, EVERY politician (in the world and in your country) is a scoundrel and PoS anyway, so let people enjoy nature videos and escape that stressful shit.
This reminds me of that YA book "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
The burrowing owl 🦉 (ow) is the cutest and we would love to see more about this one
I know, aren't they the cutest?! I would love to do an entire video on them :)
My vote also goes to the burrowing owl ❤
Me two and three!🦉🦉🦉
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I love that plan
I'm the odd one, I like the Snowy Owls, what beauty. We have Barn Owls in our area and have 2 nesting boxes up for them as we live on acreage and need them to take out the rodents. Wow! You have never heard such a racket!! 5 babies were in the nest near the house.
Oh, I can imagine the noise from all of those barn owl babies wow! They are really beautiful owls though and it's awesome that two live in your area, helping to keep the rodents down.
My favorite is the barred owl, "Who cooks for you" heard nightly camping by a creek at scout camp. I saw a fisherman hold up a fish on a cushion and a barred owl came out of the trees on the rive bank and took it. Also in Arkansas I've heard screech owls. Sound like someone moaning at a distance when they were actually pretty close. Very interesting video. Thanks.
A vid on the Great Horned would be nice. They're beautiful and majestic and I'd love to know more about them. The first time I saw one was on a school field trip to the local science museum. His name was Spooky and he lived at the museum for 38 yrs. Always fascinated me.
Aww, how cool about you seeing one at your local museum. They can live so long, and I agree they are beautiful and majestic. I would definitely do a full video on them again but for now, I should let you know that I did make a video last fall if you'd like to check it out :) Here is a link ruclips.net/video/186hIk0XmNI/видео.html
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Thank you!
I 🦉would like too see the Great Horned🦉Video thank you 😎
We hear the Great Horned Owl at night all the time..,I'd love to see these majestic birds in person. And the Burrowing Owls are so remarkable and cute
I actually have two favorites the 1st being the Burrowing owl and the 2nd being the Great Horned. I watched a great horned owl takeover an osprey nest in Savannah Georgia's Cornell University live cam to raise one male chick. When you told me they would eat anything, it made me think of her ... because she brought her little boy another owl a Tawny owl I believe it was because if it had been a burrowing owl Ivwould have cried. I would LOVE to learn more about the Burrowing owl 🦉& maybe the others down the road!! Thank you Leslie!! You made my difficult day brighter!! ❤️💖💕
Those Great-horned Owls are something else. It's incredible what they can do. Burrowing Owls are wonderful little birds of prey I'd love to do a full video on them. They are terrific and definitely a favorite of mine. I hope your day is much easier today, take good care of yourself, Sherry. Much love and light to you
We had an owl somewhere around our property that sounded so cartoonishly like an owl that I thought one of the neighbors had lost their mind and was imitating an owl.
I'm so excited for the winter now! I'm definitely gonna be on the watch for snowy owls.
On one of the live eagles' nest cams I watch, the daddy eagle, who's usually standing guard on a branch while mom is on the eggs/babies, got attacked regularly by a GHO, at night, when he couldn't see the owl coming.
I'd love to see a longer video on (in order of interest): GHO, Burrowing, Snowy, Great Gray, Short-eared. I'll love a video on any of them, of course.
Yea that apparently happens quite a bit. Great Horned Owls are crazy owls, but I do remember seeing an adult eagle attacking a great-horned owlet before too. It was nearing fledging.
Right. You hear about this all the time. Last year I think it was one of the Florida bald eagle nests that was continually attacked by a great horned owl. And then there is the Texas Backyard Wildlife I think it is who had the GHOs nesting in the bald eagle nest.
Thanks for doing the video on owls! Like you promised! AND ..... You said something that makes me respect you even more! You keep your cat indoors ☺️💖
You are very welcome. I could never imagine letting any of my pets roam, I'd be too worried about them for one, but most importantly I would worry about the wildlife. :)
That lil owl in the burrow made me laugh.
I know hey! What a sweetie
Burrowing are my favorite. We and a new of them in our office patio once. Fascinating.
The snowy owl is quite an interesting bird.
They certainly are. :) I plan to do a video on them for December if all works out well
Owls are wonderful. They were my late wife's favourite. A few weeks ago, I heard a Southern Boobook. Hadn't heard one for a long time.
Short-eared Owls have a huge range so would be worth looking at in a longer video.
We have Short-eared owls here in my location but my luck with owls haven't been the best. I would love to get some recordings of them to include in a full length video about more of their habits.
Short eared. They are my favorite owl and one of my favorite overall birds.
My late mother loved owls and hummingbirds.
Snowy owl please. They are so beautiful in Winter.
I love owls. I remember the irruption of Snowy Owls from winter 2017, because the raptor center where I worked had two of them come in. The female had too many health issues and didn't survive but the male did. I was out for about a month due to surgery, and I checked up on "Snowy" just about every day on the online database. He ended up being flown up north to Vermont to be successfully released up there. Of all the owls on this list, the Great Horned is my favorite. I've gotten to interact with two of them as their aviary cleaner, and also with one who was a once in a lifetime special education bird that there will never be another like him.
Oh gosh, what an experience you must have had with those owls. Wow! A dream for me
I would love to see snowy 🦉 owl🥰
Super cool you had that job.
Owls are my Favorite bird! I wh00 talk to them!..grateful they live in my yard, lake, lightly wooded area! The stories and memories they have given me💓
How awesome about them living in your yard Wow!
I love hearing the swamp owls in my yard. Beautiful too!
I’ve loved owls since I was a young child. I’ve always been intrigued by their looks . They’re so beautiful 🦉💕
As a side note, I was visiting family in central Florida back in March 2022. I was outside with my moms dogs, and it was about 4am. I heard the very familiar sound, “ who cooks for you, who cooks for yoooouuu” of the barred owl. I’d love to see a video of these beautiful owls in the future. Thank you 🙏🏼 Lesley 🤗
How awesome, Barred Owls are wonderful. :)
YES!! Thanks so much, Lesley! Owls are my favorite!
You're welcome. Owls are awesome! :)
Hi 🦉I often wondered about 🦉 Owls thank you so much for sharing😎
You are very welcome. Owls are such mysterious birds with so many interesting habits. :)
Last winter a owl took a rabbit in my back yard. Mixed thoughts on that. I believe burrowing owls chicks can make a sound like a rattlesnake in there home to fend off predators
@@PBFoote-mo2zr They do but Bugs was making pretty awful noises
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Beautiful! We have a barred owl here in Live Oak Florida! I have only seen him 2 times very late at night in the tree! Have a great weekend ❤️🦉🦉
Oh how wonderful. :)
A video on all of them please. Plus the barn owl
Well researched thanks excellent thanks!
i agree very beautiful!
They are all good choices for their own video! However I have never seen a Burrowing Owl. My vote goes there. Thank you for sharing the video. Have a great weekend.
Good choice, they are quite the little owl. I love them
We live on southern Vancouver Island we get snow owls, barn owls and more. We hear them nightly. Have taken pics of them in our trees. They are all are absolutely beautiful. Every time we see a snow owl it truly a blessing. Every time, lol, seen only 4 or 5 in my life. Snow owl would be a great show.
I once saw a snowy owl in WI in winter, when I was a teenager. I am still thrilled,at the age of 74!
The burrowing owl. They are really cool and I did not know they are in Florida.
Burrowing Owls are the best. I truly love those guys
I have Never seen an Owl in the Wild. I worked at a Nature Reserve for a Summer as a Kid and Fed a Barn Owl Every Day. I Have been Searching and Will Continue to While Hiking and Camping. Love Your Channel Keep it up!
A group of magnificent horned owls live in the woods behind my house. I love to hear them hoot at each other in the evening.
Would like to see a full video of the Great Gray owl. Got to see one only once, way cool.
They are incredible owls. I would love to do a full length video on them
We have a barred owl patrolling our yard. You know when the owl
Is around because the chipmunks don’t empty the bird feeder.
Snowy owl is fascinating and would love to see more on them.
- *Snowy && Short eared* please 🙏🏽 ❤ 📹 🎥
I would love a full video on the Burrowing Owl. I think they are so cute. Thanks for all your videos Lesley.
I think one on them would be great too, they are terrific.
Would be so, so thrilled to see a snowy owl where I live this winter (Midwest US). I'd like a video on them. Must be one of the most beautiful birds out there. Would also be fun to learn more about the adorable and unusual burrowing owl.
Please do a long video on each. Fantastic birds.
Each of your bird videos are awesome, but this video is one of my favorites. Bravo!!! 🕊️ 🕊️ 🕊️
Aww that's wonderful, thank you :)
I wanna see a video on the Burrowing owls. They are very cute to watch.
In Texas, I saw my first Barred Owl. Love it's various hoot notes, "Who Cooks For You, Who Cooks For You All".
One time in February years ago, I saw a red-tailed hawk stoop and nail a small critter in a field. However, before it could make a meal of it, a great horned owl appeared, drove off the hawk and claimed the fresh meat for itself. It's the only time I ever witnessed a confrontation between an owl and a hawk.
I grew up in screech owl country. We used to camp in the woods and nothing put my heart in my throat faster than having a screech owl go off unexpectedly in the middle of the night just above us in the trees.
I heard recording of Screech Owls are they have such a beautiful yet eerie sound. I would love to live in an area where they are. What a time I'd have watching and recording videos of them. Really neat about you seeing the confrontation of the GHO and RTH. I've seen Eagles doing the same to Ospreys. Chasing them down until they drop their fish. Ruthless out there
I love owls and can’t get enough . It draws me into reading science .
Snowy owl is adorable. I hope we see more of these in Wisconsin this winter.
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As a Wisconsin resident, we get to see Snowy’s each winter. Such a treat! Ty!
Last winter I watched a grey owl sitting in a tree near our house. He was gorgeous-sitting in a conifer. It was winter. The chickadees and downies were completely comfortable with it being there. The owl was hunting voles in the snow.
I’d love to see a video on grey owls and there relationship with crows. I have seen crows chasing the owls in our woods. We are fortunate enough to live on a coastal peninsula AND have an eleven acre fresh water pond abutting our property. Our cottage is very tiny and rustic but we bought it because of the land. It is resource-heavily wooded with conifers, maples, and birch. We see many beautiful birds, including osprey and eagles.
An irruption of snowy owls would be amazing. I hope word gets out that we have a bit of a vole problem here!
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Wow …wonderful …useful information .
I was fortunate to see a Snowy Owl during a snowstorm in Port Angeles Washington many years ago. It was amazing to see it in the snow. I also spotted some Burrowing Owls in Colorado one winter.
This is awesome. A long, long time ago, in the small town we lived in, one night, the cops pulled up in the lot next door and set the spotlight on the steeple of the church across the street. There was a Great Horned Owl prowling around that steeple, that was filled with pigeons. The next morning, the feathers on the ground were amazing. He ate good that night!
Gorgeous! My last name is Hooten, so you can imagine how much I hear about owls 😂. I love them dearly, they're amazing creatures and soooooo quiet!
Awesome, awesome video! Well done and thank you so much for the comprehensive information within. I live in SE Michigan and my neighbor and I successfully rescued a Great Horned Owl last night that was completely entangled in a soccer net on the local school grounds. Took some time but we got it cut out, watched it to ensure there was no visible wing damage, left it alone in the dark for half hour and then verified that it did fly away. What a great feeling!
that snowy owl so majestic and fierce looking like a snow leopard
We live in Naples, in SW Fla. Hubby and I enjoy walking our pups in the evening and very often see our Burrowing Owls sitting atop the mailboxes, light boxes or on the ground in the swales. They’re so cute! I’d love a full video on these fierce little creatures. Thanks!
I’d love to see more on the snowy owl! Fascinating video! ❤ Thank you, Leslie!
Great Horned Owls and other owls are gorgeous~👍
Thank you for sharing this video~🤗
I agree, owls are all so fascinating.
Leslie, I’d love to see a program on the eastern screech owl. I was awoken one night by what sounded like a horse whining outside my open bedroom window. I have a huge maple outside my window but I couldn’t spot anything. I honestly thought some neighbourhood kids were pranking me.
I would love to do one on those beautiful owls. What gorgeous songs they have too. Too funny about you thinking the neighborhood kids were pranking you. :) I'll keep note of the Eastern Screech Owl video for some time in the near future. Thank you
The smallest little owl that sounds like a huge horse! Lol
Great video. Such interesting facts about them. I love Owls. 🦉 I would love to know more about the burrowing owl. I didn't know they could do this.
I love the Burrowing Owl and I think it would be so fun to do a video on those owls. :)
I want to see videos on ALL owls! They're simply the most fascinating of all birds.
short eared owls my favourite! all these guys are so cute
Owls 🦉 are amazing! The great horned is especially beautiful but they are all magnificent!
I totally agree!
Great Horned owl!!!!
I love owls 🦉 thanks Lesley
I love them too, awesome birds :)
I’ve never seen a burrowing owl but I love them. They are so unique!
I know what you mean, I've never seen them in person either but I'd have a field day if I did. They are comical, super adorable, and full of interesting behaviors.
Owls are my favorite too. I am fortunate to have even seen a couple great grays here in Montana. It was during the day, perched and flying low!
Great Grey owl, they’re my favorite.
My most favorite owl are the adorable borrowing owls!! ❤❤❤ I also love the the snowy owl.
When I was seven I saw Horned owls all the time in Wichita Falls Texas. Usually on a telephone poles with bright yellow glowing eyes.
I just can't choose my favorite owl species. The burrowing owls are so cute! The great horned and great grey are magnificent. I've seen snowy owls over the past two winters since I moved up to Vermont. I saw them not in town, but perched on fences on my sister's property up in the hills.
When I was a little kid, I couldn't help imagining that when a great horned owl stared ahead at the camera, he'd be asking with some annoyance, "Whoooo are youuuu?"
I would love to see a full video on the Great Horned!
The Great Grey scares me. It feels like it is looking deep within my soul and wants to get rid of me xD
Hahahaha funny. They do have quite the look :)
Wonderful owls! Three of them I can see here in South America. I love Snowy owl
Please make a video on all owls. I really can't choose just 1. Just last spring I photographed some GHO nests which was really exciting and I love how sleepy the owlets are. I got really great video footage of a GH owlet regurgitating a pellet! I'd be happy to give it to you for a video. It's one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen.
Oh no way, that is wonderful about you getting to see them nesting. I bet those owlets were adorable to see, especially with the regurgitating of a pellet, awesome! Thank you for the kind offer for us to use your video, I would love to include them for when we do make another video on the GHO. I believe we have used some of you videos before of other birds, if you want you contact Jamie with a follow up email. He will get you all set up :) Thanks again
They are all so precious! I've had a couple of owl encounters over the years which have left me completely in awe.
Anything you share will be welcome.
Can we just admit that burrowing owls are insanely charming and ridiculously sweet?
I'd like to hear more on the Snowy Owl. They're beautiful!
I would love to know about the barred owl- I do not believe you mentioned the barred- my favorite owl
Great Horned owls would be my favorite for doing an episode.
This was great...I have an affinity for owls. It would have been really nice if you included the common calls of each to help identify them when you hear them.
I am intrigued by ALL Owls. They are ALL so majestic & beautiful & so truly fascinating, my wish is to learn more about ALL of them.
Here in SW Ohio USA, sadly... in all my hopeful years of watching & waiting (63)... I have YET to spot an exquisite Owl in the wild. That would be such a wonderful dream come true!
And so... if any LTBN Fan/Owl-Lovers out there can offer advice that may improve my chances of spotting one of these lovely creatures in it's natural habitat (when, where, how, etc)... I warmly invite & welcome your reply.
Many thanks to you dear Leslie & to all fellow LTBN Fans.🙏♥️🇺🇲✌
Here in my neck of west central Florida we have seen several owl species. Barred Owls live around our property and I've seen them as early as two in the afternoon. Their almond shaped black eyes and crazy monkey like calls are truly unique! We also have Screech Owls and a Great Horned Owl visited for several months this year. He would sit in the trees in the morning making a loud and screechy call and would stare indignantly back at you if you found him in the branches!
Love to see great horned owl. Thanks. Birds are awesome
Snowy, most beautiful...
Loved the video, they are so rare and I love when I see them. And I definitely did see them during that explosion you spoke of way down here in West Central Florida - Tampa. I have seen a few owls here but definitely saw the white one, it was amazing. It's hard for me to choose but I will look for your full video on whichever one gets selected. Thank you!
Owls are more savage than they look.
Yea they sure are crazy predators, not to be messed with
one of natures many wonders
I live in Wisconsin and have seen in my back yard great horned, saw-whet, barred, screech, and a barn owls. I love them all. Even had a hooting session with one of the great horned owls...Lol! I'd love to hear more about the saw-whet owl.
Great Horned Owl, please. A mated pair lives in the woods behind my house, and I want to know more about them.
Thank you, Lesley, for another interesting video. I love the Snowy
Owls…I got a chance to see one several years ago as the beautiful bird decided to land in my brother-in-laws large back yard while we were visiting. He or she sat on the roof of a garden shed for a long time before flying off into the nearby woods. At my place we have lots of Barred Owls hooting away in the late afternoon is mostly when I hear them and sometimes in the late evening, I love listening to them.
Loved your 5 owls Lesley! It must have been hard to choose. I would suggest a video on the Screech Owl. They are widespread across the continent and have interesting regional diversities too. Thanks!
Very hard to choose for sure. I think the Screech Owl is absolutely wonderful and their songs, wow! Definitely worth doing something on them some day :)
One of my best photos was of a Great Grey. Quietly sitting on a stump out on an island in BC. I’ve seen Snowy Owls show up on the QC South Shore. Pulled over to watch one on top of a light standard checking out a winter snow covered farmer’s field. Thanks for the nice videos it brought back memories of my encounters.
I recently read that Burrowing Owls in California are threatened because of habitat loss. Wildlife officials transplanted some owls to a new territory, and in order to ensure that the owls would settle there permanently, they had to make it seem as if there were other Burrowing Owls living in the area. They accomplished this by splattering white paint near burrows and playing recordings of the owls' calls. I thought it was fascinating and a really innovative plan to help the Burrowing Owl! Anyway, thanks for the wonderful owl video! It was really neat to learn more about them! I especially liked the Great Gray Owl and its incredible sense of hearing!
I live near a golf course and there is a pair of Great Horned Owls that favors a particular pine tree about 100 meters from our house. We've also had Barred Owls duetting in our back yard once, we live near pocosin habitat that is perfect for Barred Owls. I love hearing owls call out in the middle of the night. I would love a full video on either Great Horned or Snowy (Snowy Owls are known to winter on the Outer Banks on North Carolina since it looks a lot like their native Tundra habitat!)
I vote for the burrowing owl. Such cuties.
I thinks owls are so beautiful. I love to see a Snow Owl.
The burrowing owl is the most unique, so that one gets my vote for more information.
Ya they are something else :)