Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Hunted or consumed by humans
Birds
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Long legged birds
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Shorebirds
Lisa says that “Shorebirds can be found anywhere there is a water hole. You don’t have to live at the beach or on a lake to see shorebirds. These will include gulls, terns, plovers, sandpipers, egrets, herons and many more.”
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds With Black Feathers
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – In my garden
As well as for Terri’s Sunday Stills – Backyard #Birding challenge.
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Owls
The spotted eagle-owl is a medium-sized species of owl, one of the smallest of the eagle owls. Its length is 45 centimetres and its weight is from 454 to 907 grams. It has a 100 to 140 centimetres wingspan. The facial disk is off white to pale ochre and the eyes are yellow.
Gevlekte ooruil (Afr.); ifubesi, isihulu-hulu (Xhosa); isiKhovampondo (Zulu);
makhohlo, morubisi, sehihi, sephooko (SouthSotho); sikhova (Swazi); xiyinha (Tsonga);
makgotlwê, mophoê, morubise (Tswana).
The Spotted Eagle-Owl is the most common owl in southern Africa and is often spotted in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. This nocturnal bird of prey lives and breeds in a variety of habitats, including alongside people in their cities and towns.
Photos taken by Jenny Cole
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds Starting With An “A”
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Macro/Close-ups
Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Short Legged Birds
