Short-eared Owl Delivering Food To The Nest

By Ron Dudley, on February 19th, 2012

In previous posts (here, here and here) about these Short-eared Owls at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge I’ve shown and described snippets of the fascinating behaviors I observed when this male would deliver voles to the female and two youngsters at the nest.  But it struck me that I’ve never put the whole process together in sequence so [...]

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February 19th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Behaviors, Birds, Feeding, Nesting and Mating, Owls, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls | 9 comments

Just A Shot That I Like… #17 – Short-eared Owl In Flight With A Vole In Its Beak

By Ron Dudley, on February 5th, 2012

This is another image from my time with the Short-eared Owls at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.  This male was kept very busy hunting voles and feeding his mate and youngsters at the nest.   Typically I would see him hunting far off, dive for a vole, and if he was successful he’d occasionally eat the [...]

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February 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Behaviors, Birds, Ethics, Feeding, Owls, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls | 5 comments
 
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