kmatthew

Yesterday night while walking back to school from our local pub, I heard some noisy bird calls in the Oak Trees near our main school entrance. I went to investigate and found a family of Tawny Owls, with 2 chicks crying for food. As it was very dark, I thought I will go back in the morning to have a look. I went back there the next day and there they were, on top of the oak tree. I spent the next half an hour looking for the adult, it is amazing how camouflage they can be!! I must have walked past it at least 10 times before spotting it!! Glad to see this happy family in our school!!

The chicks


The adult












Throwing up owl pellet










[ Last edited by kmatthew at 11/05/2009 03:34 ]

ChineseNuthatch

Congratulations!  Love to see them too.

cchristina

Good findings and grate series of pictures! They are very cute~

kkoel

Beautiful Owl and lovely photos! Your school is really nice for birds!!

kmatthew

Thanks!!  Our school is very good for birds indeed!!

kmatthew

11/5/2009

Here are some more photos from today at dusk, it took me another good 20 minutes to relocate it behind the leaves today!!  I just managed an hour of good views before the adult flew away to hunt at around 9:15pm.

It's day roost of today


The chick again high up on the tree

John Holmes

Hi Matthew,

Great find, nice photos !

John

nhung

I was just back from London and had joined two guided bird tours in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, both with tawny owls as the target species but could not find any. It was not easy at all.

Congratulations!!