I went back with my camera this morning and it turns out that it was a bird standing by its nest rather than one roosting that I saw yesterday - fortunately with a lot of zoom at my disposal and not having left the verge of the fairly busy road I can be confident that I didnβt disturb them as that would have been bad.
Edited because I forgot the important tag #NotADuck
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Todayβs morning walk meant I got to spot a roosting barn owl. Wouldnβt have seen that if I were sat in a metal box on wheels - another reason to much prefer an active #FakeCommute to an actual commute in the car.
Barn owl again on my morning walk, in the same place, today⦠and this time I had my pocket bins on me :-)
Flap-flying about a lot, rather than gently gliding as Iβve normally seen before, though definitely still hunting.
Ideas for possible reasons -
warm still day makes gliding harder/impractical?
young/inexperienced bird?
lots of car noise interferes with the listening done when gliding, while flapping lets it cover more ground while predominantly eyeballing for prey?
flapping is more fun?
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Barn Owl (Wild Animals by Papo)
The barn owl is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful birds of prey in the world. With its white, golden-ash plumage, and uncannily silent flight, thereβs an otherworldly allure to these birds; undoubtedly this is why the bird is also nicknamed the ghost owl, and how itβs managed to spook many a farmer or unwary traveler throughout history. Tyto alba is not the only species under the [β¦]
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