RARE Owl Found While Birding King Ranch!

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

Комментарии • 65

  • @BadgerlandBirding
    @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад +8

    Filmed in November! Thanks for watching! Want more Badgerland Birding? Support us on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/badgerlandbirding

  • @danponce89
    @danponce89 2 дня назад +1

    My wife and I were on the same guided tour as you. This was our first-ever birding event. We enjoy viewing your videos. Funny to see both of us in this video. Keep up the great content; we love it.

  • @chasingbirds3073
    @chasingbirds3073 Месяц назад +8

    I know Raymond! I've birded with him quite a few times. Not as part of a tour, but just as a fellow birder here in New Mexico (he is from Albuquerque). He is a phenomenal birder and has a great eye and ear. In fact, he is personally responsible for several birds on my life list that I may not have spotted otherwise. I'm glad he was able to spot one for you. I don't have that species on my list as of yet. Congratulations!

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад

      Raymond's a great guy to have in your birding group!

  • @benthompson4444
    @benthompson4444 Месяц назад +3

    Anne and I love the video. We were so honored to be able to be on this field trip with you guys. Your channel is the best!!

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад

      We had so much fun with you guys! Thanks for coming along!

  • @Oltoir
    @Oltoir Месяц назад +8

    That shot with the three different species (mocking bird was one) was amazing! I'm so glad that some people have found financial benefit to keeping land pristine- just offer bird tours!

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад +3

      @@Oltoir yeah wasn’t that a wild combo???

    • @kooale
      @kooale Месяц назад +1

      @@BadgerlandBirding It really was!

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk Месяц назад +3

    It's almost like the owl decided "eh, today I will be a supermodel!" That big ol' wing stretch made me grin the most :D

  • @timjozwiak2293
    @timjozwiak2293 Месяц назад +3

    Very nice of the King Ranch to allow this. Glad to see you abroad and on the road...but glad when you come home!!

  • @elijacoby1944
    @elijacoby1944 Месяц назад +5

    I went birding for my birthday today. Added 12 lifers including a beautiful Chickadee finally 👌

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад +1

      Awesome! Happy belated birthday!

    • @elijacoby1944
      @elijacoby1944 Месяц назад

      @@BadgerlandBirding Thank y’all for getting me into it

  • @jamescady723
    @jamescady723 Месяц назад +3

    Great video! How exciting! I love these trip logs!

  • @garymeredith2441
    @garymeredith2441 Месяц назад +1

    King Ranch is a great place to go when I went to South Texas in 2010 I was on their tour th was when the best days of birding ever .

  • @ABirdersParadise
    @ABirdersParadise Месяц назад +6

    Congrats! Can't say I didn't cringe seeing people walking through the brush to look at the owl after you mentioned ticks though. The things we birders do to see birds. :D

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад +2

      There are a lot of things in the grass you don't want, haha. Ticks, mosquitos, chiggers, sand burrs!

  • @gluebben
    @gluebben Месяц назад

    Thank you for sharing this... I was on the King Ranch looking for them in April, 2023 without luck. Our guide stopped for our picnic lunch at the exact spot where you found them! I'm definitely going to work on getting back there very soon!

  • @mr1pearl
    @mr1pearl Месяц назад +4

    Great score guys !

  • @aureaphilos
    @aureaphilos Месяц назад +1

    Oooh, that would've been 9 lifers for me!! Thanks for bringing us along!

  • @barbaracole709
    @barbaracole709 Месяц назад

    Love the ferrugineous pygmy owl! Such a cute little thing! Congrats!

  • @markshen3280
    @markshen3280 Месяц назад +3

    Good morning 🌅 to you two from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR. OWLS 🦉 are nocturnal birds, and it’s so amazing that you two were able to spot these OWLS 🦉 in broad daylight 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @kooale
      @kooale Месяц назад +2

      Good evening from the USA! Friend, you're mistaken. Owls (Barred, Great Horned) are readily spotted in day light hours here in rural & towney (pop. 40k) southern Wisconsin U.S.A., especially when they are hunting day & night to feed their young. The first owl we saw decades ago here was in the dark driving a 2 lane "country" rd. near a 6 lane Interstate highway. All the other owls since we've see in day light, in flight & perching within substantial trees (as recently as last week, what we guessed was a breeding pair of Horneds; the female was massive! SO COOL!

    • @markshen3280
      @markshen3280 Месяц назад +3

      WOW ! So glad to know you two had such great opportunities to spot these owls in the daytime 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад +2

      Different species hunt at different times so this one was actually out hunting during the day!

    • @markshen3280
      @markshen3280 Месяц назад +2

      Great 👍🏻 Thank you 🙏 for your information. I don’t know much about owls 🦉…

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад +2

      @@markshen3280 Which owls do you have out in Hong Kong?

  • @kooale
    @kooale Месяц назад +2

    Great video, so many fantastic birds, THANKS A LOT!

  • @susanbrown4891
    @susanbrown4891 Месяц назад +3

    Great video, guys. Thanks for sharing.
    🦉🕊

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад +1

      @@susanbrown4891 you’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @kitkat5765
    @kitkat5765 Месяц назад +4

    Wow, super cool! (I'm also entranced by the Harris's hawks lol , I haven't hit the desert at all so all desert/southern birds would be exciting for me.) Excellent luck and sound-triangulation skills!

  • @captain1697
    @captain1697 Месяц назад

    Incredible footage!! Hats off to your skilled guides!

  • @danielreid1232
    @danielreid1232 Месяц назад +1

    When I lived in Palenque Mexico, a group of 6 of these hung out in our backyard every night for about a week, often on a branch just above our door. Such cool birds! You can see a video I got of one of them on my channel if you're interested.

  • @BirdBrainBrian64
    @BirdBrainBrian64 Месяц назад +1

    I saw several ferruginous pygmy owls on a birding trip to Honduras in 2018. They are really neat.

  • @woodsonjane
    @woodsonjane Месяц назад +1

    Great video!

  • @BDCF100
    @BDCF100 Месяц назад +1

    Saw that little beauty at the King Ranch around 2000. Also, many snakes.

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад

      @@BDCF100 dang! We didn’t see any snakes

    • @BDCF100
      @BDCF100 Месяц назад

      @@BadgerlandBirding Wife and I got 8 in about 30 minutes. We were there in May.

  • @JS_naturephotos
    @JS_naturephotos Месяц назад +1

    One of the local park rangers where I live in NC was out there with you guys.

  • @ricki-bobby
    @ricki-bobby Месяц назад +2

    Any Tropical Parula? I think that is one of the few places that has them in the US

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад

      Some people in the group had one at the ranch but alas we didn’t see it ourselves.

  • @Isaac-47517
    @Isaac-47517 Месяц назад +1

    Really enjoyed the vid. ty. nesting pigmy head rotated 90 ° along y axis, lol.

  • @NathanWebb-c5h
    @NathanWebb-c5h Месяц назад +1

    That was fun to watch! I also recently sent you a Christmas card.

  • @jackieblatz5260
    @jackieblatz5260 Месяц назад +2

    I’m booked for April 4 2025 seven in our group, it seems like you guys are a few months before or after my planed trips which cameras did you use most for video?

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Месяц назад

      Some of the Owl footage was from our friend Chris who uses a Canon R6 II I believe? Some of our I shot with the OM-1 Mark II with the 150-600mm lens and Ryan was shooting with the Panasonic LUMIX FZ-80. If you have a specific clip in mind I can tell you what it was shot with

  • @IndyRommelCo
    @IndyRommelCo Месяц назад

    I never thought of Birding @ King Ranch… ( I just think deer hunting )
    May have to do that next!!!

  • @TheWolfHowls1
    @TheWolfHowls1 Месяц назад +1

    First