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04-11-2008, 03:54 PM
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| |  Owl or Tree
I was given this yesterday from the 'Mail On Sunday' from 26th October. Thought WAB members would love to see it.. so here is the link The Wider View: Is it a bird... or a tree? | Mail Online
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04-11-2008, 04:02 PM
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That's brilliant  Fantastic camouflage - how the photographer managed to spot that one I just don't know.
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04-11-2008, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: Owl or Tree
All the Scops Owls are notoriously difficult to see despite their distinctive calls. I have managed to see Eurasian, African, Oriental and White-faced Scops Owls, mostly thanks to other people's knowledge.
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04-11-2008, 06:48 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nottinghamshire
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Wow, that is brilliant.
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04-11-2008, 06:59 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fife, Scotland
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Wow, that is some camouflage! I'm amazed that anyone has ever spotted one!
Tracey |
04-11-2008, 07:03 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: in Essex
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| | | Re: Owl or Tree
Excellent camouflage! Had a similar encounter on Sunday.Was walking with Terry a keen bird watcher who suddenly stopped and focussed his bins on a tree 100 metres away or so.
He passed the binoculars to me and told me to look on the 3rd bough down and look towards where it meets the trunk.Well I looked and looked couldnt see a thing,when all of a sudden a beak opened!
It was a little owl side on to us snug against the tree,perfectly camouflaged till it moved!!Needless to say it then flew off,but i will definitely be scouring the trees in that area in future
ellen
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04-11-2008, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Tracey.A  Wow, that is some camouflage! I'm amazed that anyone has ever spotted one!
Tracey | I was in the Gambia a couple of years ago with a guide trying to show me one in a tree just ahead, but I just could not see it through the foliage at all till it moved. And it was only around 10yds away. Amazing camouflage. |
04-11-2008, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Kymba | amazing picture kymba. I remember a nature program set in south america i think. There was an owl on a tree that looked just like a branch that had broken off. Cant remember the the name of the program or the owl though.
when it comes to camouflage the animal world has us beat hands down.
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04-11-2008, 11:25 PM
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Great picture, the photographer must have had a tip off or been REALLY alert. I would never have spotted him.
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04-11-2008, 11:30 PM
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Wow... some camouflage that is!!!! brilliant photo
Gess
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