Greensboro Birds

Sharon of Birdchick fame captured the most amazing video footage of a pair of hooting great horned owls. It’s interesting to see how the owls’ hooting posture is so much like a bobbing wren. Sharon’s owls aren’t just hooting, though. One owl actually coughs up a pellet, which is clearly visible—it’s a LOT bigger than [...]

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Josh spotted the remains of an owl pellet beneath a pine tree and was excited to find these bits of a rodent’s jawbone, complete with both front teeth and a couple molars. (The good thing about having a dog is that we always have a plastic bag handy for occasions like this.) You can see [...]

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I found this owl pellet today at the base of what has become a reliable pellet-finding tree (actually, that tree and several trees near it). As usual, I noted a small pile of broken branches and bark pieces, giving me a clue that an owl had roosted there. If anyone knows why owls make such [...]

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As you may have read in the Lincoln Green newsletter (or this website), our community is home to at least one pair of Barred Owls. One of them frequents a roost near the park end of LG (that’s him at left), and if you look under its tree you might luck out and find an [...]

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Josh called this morning asking for a bird identification—about the size of a titmouse, kind of brownish with yellow on the tail and red-tipped wings, and a mask like a cardinal. Pretty thorough description, right? “Where’d you see this bird?” I ask. “Oh, it’s dead, so I’m just looking at it here.” I convince him [...]

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