Tag: owl

• owls

  2023 has been a year for owls. We had Great-horned Owls courting early in the year, their booming calls adding a sense of mystery to an encroaching twilight. The Great-horned Owls appeared to have a single fledgling, whose clumsy attempts at hunting brought it into constant attack from Bluejays, Grackles, and Mockingbirds. We could tell…

  dkortephoto

  May 7, 2023

  Florida

  bird, Florida, great-horned owl, owl, screech owl

• pair of owls

  Dusk settles over a cypress swamp as a pair of barred owls prepare for an evening hunt.

  dkortephoto

  March 8, 2021

  Florida

  barredOwl, CorkscrewSwamp, David Korte photographs, owl, swamp

• Screech owl hideaway

  A Screech Owl finds refuge in a hollow tree, napping by day while waiting for dusk to return to this corner of cypress swamp.

  dkortephoto

  March 7, 2021

  Florida

  bird, David Korte, Florida, owl, screechOwl, swamp

• Barred owl

  Barred owl, Strix varia, is a common sight along the Corkscrew Swamp boardwalk. Their hooting call “who-cooks-for-you” is often heard, wafting through the forest at night.

  dkortephoto

  June 12, 2019

  Florida

  barredOwl, bird, CorkscrewSwamp, Florida, owl