A little late to the party, but I wholeheartedly agree. I’m not a huge bird person, but there are some species of birds (like owls, hawks, ravens, etc) are almost like a whole different animal. Truly amazing.
I was a painter on the Golden Gate bridge painting one day coming up on a pocket in the steel I’m face-to-face with the mother of a barn owl she had three babies in there I moved away and left them alone. Those eyes right in my face was awesome. This was 200 ft up on a swing stage.
That's (probably) a "once in a lifetime" .. I won't lie, I'm a bit envious *BUT* so thrilled for you to have experienced it! I actually admire that you "lived" it right there in the moment rather than focus on trying to capture it via cell phone etc. *Kudos & Congrats!* @RRRobelt Nest !
@@ayodari_style Owls are made by their parent owls exclusively. Maybe at some point in history, some human may finally create a beautiful god who might be fun believing in.
08:06- I loved the moment when Great Grey Owl took off from a snowy perch. Amazingly beautiful to watch. Entire documentary is awesome. Thanks BBC Earth for making such awe-inspiring documentaries!!!
I always love BBC Earth British TV in general. You don't see much documentaries here in the US as they tend to concentrate locally. But with the British TV, there's a lot to choose from.
Plotlines for the episodes of Owl at Home: The Guest: The story begins with Owl at his home, during a cold winter night relaxing by the fireplace, eating buttered toast and hot pea soup for supper, but then Owl hears a knock on his door and he goes to answer it two times, but he finds nobody at the door, finally Owl comes to the conclusion that it was the winter storm that was knocking on his door and it possibly wanted to come in and sit by the fire, so Owl opens his door and kindly lets the winter storm come into his house and it happily comes in very fast. The winter storm ends up causing mayhem as soon it was in Owl’s house, it leaves snow all over Owl’s house, turns it into a cold freezing temperature and blows out the fire in Owl’s fireplace and freezes his pea soup into ice, a dismayed Owl orders the winter storm to behave, as it is his guest, but it refuses and continues to cause mayhem before covering Owl’s entire house interior with snow, angering Owl to the point of shouting at the winter storm to leave his house and never return and it instantly obeys. With the winter storm gone, and his house now peaceful again, Owl lights a new fire in his fireplace and makes his house warm again and it melts all the snow away, and Owl’s hard green ice melts back into soft pea soup and Owl then sits down in his chair and quietly finishes his supper. Strange Bumps: This story focuses on Owl in bed ready to go to bed, until he sees two bumps at the bottom of his bed under his blanket, unaware that the two bumps were actually his own two feet, Owl fearfully assumes that the bumps were monsters that will increase in size as he sleeps in bed, and dreads that will happen, as Owl moves his feet around, the bumps themselves move too, terrifying Owl even more, this eventually scares Owl to the point of pulling all his covers off his bed and doesn’t see the bumps there at all, just his own two feet. But Owl was unable to sleep with the covers off, as it was cold so he covered the bed with the covers again, only to see the same two bumps all over again, infuriating Owl to the point of jumping up and down on top of his bed admonishing the bumps for scaring and tormenting him all that night, and not letting him get any sleep, which causes Owl to break his own bed into pieces, and after that happens, Owl flees downstairs and decides to spend the rest of the night sleeping on his chair by the fire and leave his two bumps on his bed and let them grow as big as they wish and sleep on his chair where he won’t be bothered by them at all and that is what he does. Tear Water Tea: One evening, Owl decides to make tea water tea, a tea made out of tear water, and he gets the tea kettle out of the cupboard and sits on a chair and places the tea kettle on his lap and tells himself a poem of sad thoughts (Like broken chairs, songs that couldn’t be sung because the words have been forgotten, spoons that have fallen behind the stove and are never see again, etc.) which causes Owl to cry tears of sadness and the tears land inside the tea kettle, Owl continues this until the kettle is all filled up with his tears or tea water, deciding that that was enough, Owl stopped crying, puts tea formula into the kettle filled up with tea water and places onto the stove to boil into tea. After the tea is done boiling, Owl happily takes a drink of it, and confesses that even though tear water tea tastes a little bit salty, it always tastes very good. Upstairs and Downstairs: The story starts off by showing the upstairs and downstairs of Owl’s house, sometimes Owl was upstairs in his bedroom and other times he was downstairs in his living room, and whenever Owl was downstairs he would ponder on what he was going on up in his upstairs and whenever Owl was upstairs he would ponder on what was going on down in his downstairs, since he was always missing the action going on in the upstairs and downstairs whenever he was in one of those locations at once, despite the fact that Owl was the only resident in his house, Owl decided to find a way to be upstairs and downstairs at the same time, Owl soon enough decided to run upstairs and then downstairs very fast to try to be in both places at once. Owl successfully ran up and down the stairs very quickly but found himself unable to be upstairs and downstairs at the same time, Owl ran even faster than before, but still failed to be upstairs and downstairs at the same time. Finally, Owl stopped out of exhaustion and proclaimed that being upstairs and downstairs at the same time was indeed impossible before stopping to rest. He sat on the twelfth step of his staircase, because it was a place that was right in the middle, where he could be in between the upstairs and downstairs of his house instead of being in both places at once. Owl and the Moon: This story begins with Owl taking a stroll down to the seashore one evening and he watches as the sun sets and the Moon rises into the sky and the daylight sky turns into the night sky. Owl then talks to and befriends the Moon, despite the fact that the Moon can’t talk to him back. After watching the Moon for a while, Owl decides to go home to have supper and go to bed, promising the Moon that he will come back and visit it again some other night. As Owl walked back to his house through the woods, he suddenly sees the Moon in the sky as if it were following him, and Owl tries to tell the Moon to return to the sea where it looks so fine though it was kind of it to light his way back but the Moon still follows Owl, Owl tells the Moon that it can’t come home with him as it can’t leave orbit and come down to Earth to where he is and is to large to fit into his house and that he has nothing to give it for supper, but the Moon still follows Owl, finally Owl decides that the Moon can’t hear him so he walks to the top of a hill and shouts “Goodbye” to the Moon and it finally leaves Owl alone and goes behind some clouds, with Owl feeling regretful over pushing the Moon away, and he makes it back home, eats supper, puts his pajamas on and goes to bed, still feeling regretful over what he did, but then moonlight enters Owl’s bedroom and he looks out his window and sees the Moon up in the sky, coming out from behind the clouds, astonished, Owl thanked and praised the Moon for following him all the way back home and for being a good round friend and apologizes for pushing him away and the Moon forgives Owl. Owl then happily goes back to bed and goes to sleep with the Moon still outside in the night sky shining light into his bedroom.
Owls have barbs on their first primary feathers which break up the wind to muffle the sound. Not just being graceful but their feather design is mainly why they have silent flight. Slightly mentioned in the video, low wing loading (small, light body with big wings) also helps generate lift in flight.
One night I was driving a truck from Scotland down to Teeside England. Close to the border,you come to a roundabout where you can go straight on into Berwick or turn right, up the hill, headed towards Newcastle. As I started up the hill a Barn Owl came out of the trees and flew directly in front of the windshield for what seemed like 10-15 seconds. He was only a few feet in front of the truck and I had the most wonderful view of him. It's a moment and memory I'll never forget.
Magnificent, beautiful creatures; their soundless flight or the air raid on the wolf are to be truly admired. Owls are my favorite birds - thank you for posting this wonderful video.
Owls are such beautiful and unique creatures. I love barn owls especially - they look so mysterious and enchanting. And the fact that they fly so silently is just magical. If reincarnation is a thing, then I would like to be a barn owl!
I have always loved owls. Such hauntingly, beautiful masters of the night. Since i was a child growing up in Zimbabwe, I would always get so excited when one of our Spotted Eagle Owls would land in the garden.
What impressed me most about the final clip wasn't the owl's flying skills. Wolves have excellent hearing, and even they couldn't hear her diving at them. That's incredible. It grants some compelling insight into why nothing wants to mess with a large adult owl.
TazHall: Lol religious folks always quick to point out that they’re poor scientific minds. Nvm we can’t all be scientists. Well, ~3.7 billion years of evolution will get some results, and whatever’s next after homo sapiens may be better at grasping such time spans. Currently 3.7 billion years are simply beyond what our species can deal with. Abhid: Though nature has a good head start, technology did come up with such a concept as the wheel which is probably the best example of tech without a blueprint in nature.
At night barn owls fly down the middle of our street looking for rats and mice. All you can see is a ghostly silhouette and the raspy sound of their call. They are one of my favorite nightly visitors.
There are a lot of bird species where I live in Florida. I hear owls every night - usually Barred Owls and Great Horned Owls. If I call to them, they call back to me and come closer.
I live out in the country and have called owls in closer many nights, they are so beautiful and mesmerizing!! Me and my sister even started naming them 😄 I haven’t heard them much these past two years though :(
Owls are so amazing. There is an owl that visits a small park near where I live in summer time. I can't wait for it's return. I found a kind of hawk moth last summer and I'm really interested in insects, too. So I picked up the moth to take a closer look and then it flew off from my hand! Unbelievably, a second later the owl flew silently past me and caught the poor hawk moth. That was mesmerizing to see, I did feel a bit bad for the moth but at the same time to see a moth fly right past me and caught the moth was fantastic! I also saw it catch a sparrow the week before that. Such awesome birds!
I never really like birds, but my 3 year old is obsessed with them, specifically owls. Her fascination, awe and love of these amazing animals is something I certainly enjoy nurturing and encouraging. We might as well live at an owl sanctuary these days lol. She's given me such an appreciation of them I never had before
I love owls, they are so majestic, a tawny owl comes and sits in the tree in front of my house, it makes me feel really safe, grounded, alive and happy
I've never seen a tawny owl! If you love owls, another great documentary is this one ,highly suggest ! ua-cam.com/video/U2XQeEaQlgQ/v-deo.htmlsi=WgVvve_nttsrOkAI
For almost 65 years I've adored parrots, cockatoos, keets and all types of exotic, colorful, wonderfully-adorned beauties. Baretta birds? Hell yeah!!! (Anyone younger than 40 probably won't know what I'm talking about lol) However, the birds that have always had my full attention are the regal, majestic, predatory hunters in the skies. Hawks, falcons, eagles, kites and...most importantly...owls of ALL types. Not sure what the attraction is but owls just seem so damn loveable and Panda Bear/Teddy Bear-ish, yanno? I love their faces, their eyes, the way they turn and, ultimately, their silence in flight while hunting.
Walking in the high desert at dusk, I got close enough to a great horned owl that it left it's perch in a small tree and flew away from me. What a sight! One of only a couple of times I've seen these magnificent birds in the wild.
I do closed captioning professionally and have profound hyperacusis. And even I could not hear a single thing when the owl was flying. Truly incredible.
My friend told me that she heard an owl hooting near her condominium on Old Georgetown Road. It is walking distance from the White Flint Metro Station. That means that there are mice around near her home. The coolest animal that I saw near the White Flint Metro Center was what I believe was a beaver. That there is plenty of cool stuff to see there.
Superbe. I cracked up at the little owl's face at the end, after his fierce mom lands back on the nest. She's all majestic and that fluffy brown-grey potato is peacefully chewing like it's no big deal "yup that's mom for ya"
it’s not only the weight or the way of flying which allows owls to fly silently, it’s also that they have very thin barbules at the end of their feathers which further limits air disturbance
Also consider that the silent flight of the owl may have a dual purpose. Avoids startling their prey, and allows them to listen closely right up until the moment of impact.
A few nights ago, I looked up for some unknown reason and saw the biggest great horned owl swooping less than two feet over my head. It landed in a tall juniper tree on the patio and stayed there for over an hour. The moonlight was perfect for tiny critter spotting even though he probably didn't need the extra help. Anyway, I took all kinds of pictures. It felt like a benediction. I love these creatures.
Owls are my favorite animal ever, specifically barn owls. They just have this stoic and reserved nature that I resonate with. Plus, oh my god, they’re so cool as a species I just feel drawn to them.
Amazing video! I just learned more about owls in 14 min. than I ever knew. As a hunter/fisherman/outdoorsman I've been listening to owls my whole life since I was a young boy and I never knew that they could fly silently in Stealth Mode. Years ago while turkey hunting I was slowly making my way up a steep hill early in the morning with barely enough daylight to see the ground when I saw movement coming straight at me, I put my hand up out of reflex and a small owl hit me directly in my right hand and left scratches down my cheek. When I told my Dad what happened he said that it probably saw the top of my cap moving as I walked and thought it was a squirrel or a mouse and judging by the small size of the owl it was probably a screech owl. Scary incident absolutely, if it wasn't for my fast reflexes I could have lost my right eye, yet only received a few scratches and the owl was unscathed as it flew away.
That last moment reminded me of the part in "Peter and the Wolf" when the bird was harassing the wolf to distract it so Peter could lasso it. Absolutely amazing.
I love the air of mystery surrounding owls. Although many falconry experts claim they are not intelligent, there are many sources that debate this in terms of long term study of these birds.
i don'nt think that experts meant "not intelligent",they are smart,but less than crows or ravens,those psychos are INCREDIBLE in problem solving,and figuring solutions etc.
Our Owl Story. So, here in New Jersey, we do have a wonderful raptor rehab organization, called The Raptor Trust. My wife and I were passing one of the owl enclosures when an owl clearly got very agitated. The docent was there and explained: The owl thought of us as other owls. And since we were not as elevated as the owl, he was very worried for us and was trying to tell us to get to higher ground.
This was a cool documentary filmed in Connecticut - if you love owl videos. Mentions rehab places too. - ua-cam.com/video/U2XQeEaQlgQ/v-deo.htmlsi=WgVvve_nttsrOkAI
Really awesome !!! What if I could work on something like that? Research so beautifully is not possible without the BBC. But unfortunately I was born in a developing country for which this is not possible.
Holy heck..the best thing I have ever seen...the owl is my favorite bird..super video.. Thank you!! I learned so much more about the bird I love so much!!!
@@ROKEY88 how can you look at this beautiful bird and say it was created by evolution, something that doesn’t have a consciousness 🤦🏾♂️ everything on earth is uniquely designed
@@JESUS_IS_KING777_12 Everything on this earth is uniquely evolved by time to survive .... This is called evolution. Do you even know what are you talking about ....? 🤦
If the zombie apocalypse happens you definitely want to be an Owl. Not only they are the most effective hunters by either day time or night time. These guys are taking on Wolves (with an S. Plural) (!!!) Effortlessly badass flying ninjas.
A ' Human Owl ' since 1957 when my Chinese classmates nicknamed me ' Mao Tao Ying ' = Owl (in Cantonese) with big rounded short-sight glasses in Diocesan Boys School (DBS) in Hong Kong. We will be having our 60th Anniversary in November 2024 with me being the most senior at 80 in August. They still call me ' Mao Tao Ying ' having only one eye from a bad doctor in 2017. ALL THE BEST TO MY CHINESE CLASSMATES & FAMILIES! (from my home ' The City of Angels, Bangkok ')
Narrator: The owl's face is shaped like a satellite dish
Owl: No, a satellite dish is shaped like an owl's face, son
True
With no receiver in front. Makes no sense.
Sure thing radarhead.
Well they have to make it easier for people to understand. Of course.
Agree! Amazing birds, miracles of God!
I love owls, they are so elegant and mysterious
They’re savages lol..
Why do owl look like they want some smoke
And misunderstood in many cultures
Owl is my favourite bird
@@sparks2389 how so?
Owls are, without question, some of the most incredible and beautiful animals on this planet.
Especially that last view of them before they rip your eyeballs out.
My favorite bird 🦉❣️👍
A little late to the party, but I wholeheartedly agree. I’m not a huge bird person, but there are some species of birds (like owls, hawks, ravens, etc) are almost like a whole different animal. Truly amazing.
Absolutely amazing animals and my favorite!!!🙏👌🦉❣️
Known as the wisest bird of the world
I was a painter on the Golden Gate bridge painting one day coming up on a pocket in the steel I’m face-to-face with the mother of a barn owl she had three babies in there I moved away and left them alone. Those eyes right in my face was awesome. This was 200 ft up on a swing stage.
awesome!
That's (probably) a "once in a lifetime" .. I won't lie, I'm a bit envious *BUT* so thrilled for you to have experienced it! I actually admire that you "lived" it right there in the moment rather than focus on trying to capture it via cell phone etc.
*Kudos & Congrats!* @RRRobelt Nest !
God bless your great consideration! It must have been a wonderous sight.
And that is where the rust started...
Did she return?
Can we take a moment to realize how elegant and beautiful owls are
Can we take a moment to notice how great God is for making these beautiful creatures?
@@zualfiqar1627 I can't. I'll settle for the beautiful birds.
@@zualfiqar1627 God indeed makes beautiful things. Us humans destroy them unfortunately.
Just started watching, and as chicks owls are admittedly rather ugly. As adult birds they're absolutely amazing.
@@ayodari_style Owls are made by their parent owls exclusively. Maybe at some point in history, some human may finally create a beautiful god who might be fun believing in.
The clip with wolves was incredible, seeing snowy owl attacking such a big apex predator
@@tvm-manducktv8375 shut up
@@colecube8251 There’s no need to be rude. He has animal videos too.
@@charlottem.1477 he's self advertising 😐
@@colecube8251 your rude
@@improviserfresh8995 ok! 👍
Extraordinary bird, with supreme skills to hear and fly 😍
supreme
08:06- I loved the moment when Great Grey Owl took off from a snowy perch. Amazingly beautiful to watch. Entire documentary is awesome. Thanks BBC Earth for making such awe-inspiring documentaries!!!
That great gray owl looks stunningly remarkable!
@@paterson90 🦉Hoot Hoot🩷
I always love BBC Earth British TV in general. You don't see much documentaries here in the US as they tend to concentrate locally. But with the British TV, there's a lot to choose from.
They're like assasin birds. Silent and can detect enemies in hiding. It's awesome
yes
They also eat their siblings and other birds
Plotlines for the episodes of Owl at Home:
The Guest: The story begins with Owl at his home, during a cold winter night relaxing by the fireplace, eating buttered toast and hot pea soup for supper, but then Owl hears a knock on his door and he goes to answer it two times, but he finds nobody at the door, finally Owl comes to the conclusion that it was the winter storm that was knocking on his door and it possibly wanted to come in and sit by the fire, so Owl opens his door and kindly lets the winter storm come into his house and it happily comes in very fast.
The winter storm ends up causing mayhem as soon it was in Owl’s house, it leaves snow all over Owl’s house, turns it into a cold freezing temperature and blows out the fire in Owl’s fireplace and freezes his pea soup into ice, a dismayed Owl orders the winter storm to behave, as it is his guest, but it refuses and continues to cause mayhem before covering Owl’s entire house interior with snow, angering Owl to the point of shouting at the winter storm to leave his house and never return and it instantly obeys.
With the winter storm gone, and his house now peaceful again, Owl lights a new fire in his fireplace and makes his house warm again and it melts all the snow away, and Owl’s hard green ice melts back into soft pea soup and Owl then sits down in his chair and quietly finishes his supper.
Strange Bumps: This story focuses on Owl in bed ready to go to bed, until he sees two bumps at the bottom of his bed under his blanket, unaware that the two bumps were actually his own two feet, Owl fearfully assumes that the bumps were monsters that will increase in size as he sleeps in bed, and dreads that will happen, as Owl moves his feet around, the bumps themselves move too, terrifying Owl even more, this eventually scares Owl to the point of pulling all his covers off his bed and doesn’t see the bumps there at all, just his own two feet.
But Owl was unable to sleep with the covers off, as it was cold so he covered the bed with the covers again, only to see the same two bumps all over again, infuriating Owl to the point of jumping up and down on top of his bed admonishing the bumps for scaring and tormenting him all that night, and not letting him get any sleep, which causes Owl to break his own bed into pieces, and after that happens, Owl flees downstairs and decides to spend the rest of the night sleeping on his chair by the fire and leave his two bumps on his bed and let them grow as big as they wish and sleep on his chair where he won’t be bothered by them at all and that is what he does.
Tear Water Tea: One evening, Owl decides to make tea water tea, a tea made out of tear water, and he gets the tea kettle out of the cupboard and sits on a chair and places the tea kettle on his lap and tells himself a poem of sad thoughts (Like broken chairs, songs that couldn’t be sung because the words have been forgotten, spoons that have fallen behind the stove and are never see again, etc.) which causes Owl to cry tears of sadness and the tears land inside the tea kettle, Owl continues this until the kettle is all filled up with his tears or tea water, deciding that that was enough, Owl stopped crying, puts tea formula into the kettle filled up with tea water and places onto the stove to boil into tea.
After the tea is done boiling, Owl happily takes a drink of it, and confesses that even though tear water tea tastes a little bit salty, it always tastes very good.
Upstairs and Downstairs: The story starts off by showing the upstairs and downstairs of Owl’s house, sometimes Owl was upstairs in his bedroom and other times he was downstairs in his living room, and whenever Owl was downstairs he would ponder on what he was going on up in his upstairs and whenever Owl was upstairs he would ponder on what was going on down in his downstairs, since he was always missing the action going on in the upstairs and downstairs whenever he was in one of those locations at once, despite the fact that Owl was the only resident in his house, Owl decided to find a way to be upstairs and downstairs at the same time, Owl soon enough decided to run upstairs and then downstairs very fast to try to be in both places at once.
Owl successfully ran up and down the stairs very quickly but found himself unable to be upstairs and downstairs at the same time, Owl ran even faster than before, but still failed to be upstairs and downstairs at the same time. Finally, Owl stopped out of exhaustion and proclaimed that being upstairs and downstairs at the same time was indeed impossible before stopping to rest. He sat on the twelfth step of his staircase, because it was a place that was right in the middle, where he could be in between the upstairs and downstairs of his house instead of being in both places at once.
Owl and the Moon: This story begins with Owl taking a stroll down to the seashore one evening and he watches as the sun sets and the Moon rises into the sky and the daylight sky turns into the night sky. Owl then talks to and befriends the Moon, despite the fact that the Moon can’t talk to him back. After watching the Moon for a while, Owl decides to go home to have supper and go to bed, promising the Moon that he will come back and visit it again some other night.
As Owl walked back to his house through the woods, he suddenly sees the Moon in the sky as if it were following him, and Owl tries to tell the Moon to return to the sea where it looks so fine though it was kind of it to light his way back but the Moon still follows Owl, Owl tells the Moon that it can’t come home with him as it can’t leave orbit and come down to Earth to where he is and is to large to fit into his house and that he has nothing to give it for supper, but the Moon still follows Owl, finally Owl decides that the Moon can’t hear him so he walks to the top of a hill and shouts “Goodbye” to the Moon and it finally leaves Owl alone and goes behind some clouds, with Owl feeling regretful over pushing the Moon away, and he makes it back home, eats supper, puts his pajamas on and goes to bed, still feeling regretful over what he did, but then moonlight enters Owl’s bedroom and he looks out his window and sees the Moon up in the sky, coming out from behind the clouds, astonished, Owl thanked and praised the Moon for following him all the way back home and for being a good round friend and apologizes for pushing him away and the Moon forgives Owl.
Owl then happily goes back to bed and goes to sleep with the Moon still outside in the night sky shining light into his bedroom.
with their incredible ability to actively monitor the surroundings in the dark, owls are unusually gifted with a unique ability.
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their only problem is rain : their wings are not really waterproof + when it rains they can’t hear the rest of the sounds
@@reginaphalange9417 shut up... ANd subscribe !
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@@meditationrelaxingmusic1035 calm down
Owls have barbs on their first primary feathers which break up the wind to muffle the sound. Not just being graceful but their feather design is mainly why they have silent flight. Slightly mentioned in the video, low wing loading (small, light body with big wings) also helps generate lift in flight.
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Anyone else been standing in the middle of their kitchen for 30+ minutes watching owl vids ?
nah, not me
Nice
I'm your father
@@knowhowislam3431 iSlaMm!1!
@@bjarnebestiahoven1855 what d'you mean?
One night I was driving a truck from Scotland down to Teeside England. Close to the border,you come to a roundabout where you can go straight on into Berwick or turn right, up the hill, headed towards Newcastle.
As I started up the hill a Barn Owl came out of the trees and flew directly in front of the windshield for what seemed like 10-15 seconds. He was only a few feet in front of the truck and I had the most wonderful view of him. It's a moment and memory I'll never forget.
Wow this sounds like an amazing experience
That truly was a moment you will not forget.
Owls have always fascinated and intrigued me. Such spectacular creatures.
Magnificent, beautiful creatures; their soundless flight or the air raid on the wolf are to be truly admired. Owls are my favorite birds - thank you for posting this wonderful video.
Owls are such beautiful and unique creatures. I love barn owls especially - they look so mysterious and enchanting. And the fact that they fly so silently is just magical. If reincarnation is a thing, then I would like to be a barn owl!
Admit it. You just want to rip rodents apart and eat them raw.
Just such a shame that they start out as such ugly little things
Emily, me too. I don't know why I am so drawn to barn owls. They fascinate me.
@@laurenconradie5328 Have shame calling them ugly.
Every creature looks like that when they are born even human.
@@mikemondano3624
If you're an own you have to do it. It's the law of nature and it's an art.
I have always loved owls. Such hauntingly, beautiful masters of the night. Since i was a child growing up in Zimbabwe, I would always get so excited when one of our Spotted Eagle Owls would land in the garden.
What impressed me most about the final clip wasn't the owl's flying skills. Wolves have excellent hearing, and even they couldn't hear her diving at them. That's incredible. It grants some compelling insight into why nothing wants to mess with a large adult owl.
Anyone else melted when that egg hatched😍
Joyful experience.
Owls are great, what other bird has what is essentially a vertical dropkick?
I always tell this to my engineering students in my class.. "The nature is the one and the only greatest engineer of all time". Hands down!
More specifically, God engineered nature, nature didn't engineer itself.
TazHall: Lol religious folks always quick to point out that they’re poor scientific minds. Nvm we can’t all be scientists. Well, ~3.7 billion years of evolution will get some results, and whatever’s next after homo sapiens may be better at grasping such time spans. Currently 3.7 billion years are simply beyond what our species can deal with. Abhid: Though nature has a good head start, technology did come up with such a concept as the wheel which is probably the best example of tech without a blueprint in nature.
I just love thier big mysterious eyes..😍🦉
Flight quiet enough to sneak up behind a wolf. Oh, how they taunt.
I know babies who had big round eyes but yet they still don't know how to drink coffee
6:49 the way the owl chirped and looked at camera😂😂🤣killing me
Flashbacks to Jurassic Park and the velociraptor hatching when he says about “come on little one” and “there you are” 😳🦖
"Poosh! Poooosh!"
"What species are they?"
"Uh they're barn owls"
"Barn owls? You bred barn owls?"
*nods head*
At night barn owls fly down the middle of our street looking for rats and mice. All you can see is a ghostly silhouette and the raspy sound of their call. They are one of my favorite nightly visitors.
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
This is another great documentary on owls , highly suggest ! ua-cam.com/video/U2XQeEaQlgQ/v-deo.htmlsi=WgVvve_nttsrOkAI
There are a lot of bird species where I live in Florida. I hear owls every night - usually Barred Owls and Great Horned Owls. If I call to them, they call back to me and come closer.
Thats so cool !
I live out in the country and have called owls in closer many nights, they are so beautiful and mesmerizing!! Me and my sister even started naming them 😄 I haven’t heard them much these past two years though :(
BBC Earth + Owls = instant like
Hatsoff to the people who make these videos possible
Owls... the Rolls Royce of the sky.
What an apt analogy. Thank you.
How can you compare a huge, loud (from the outside) gas-guzzling behemoth of a car to a small, silent-flight capable living creature?
The owls feathers reduces the turbulence in the air making them fly quietly, very impressive.
I’ve always known about the owls being silent flyers but the illustrations with the feathers really showed the proof.
The 78 dislikes here are probably mice relatives....
Maybe it was the mouse scene? I felt sorry for the mouse too, but understand the owl has to eat.
And Simon Cowel!
They are reproducing quickly, 219 now...
And noisy pigeons for sure!
Or Eagles? Owls and Eagles kill each other regularly...
I keep coming back and watching these nature videos. I just can't get enough!
Owls are so amazing. There is an owl that visits a small park near where I live in summer time. I can't wait for it's return. I found a kind of hawk moth last summer and I'm really interested in insects, too. So I picked up the moth to take a closer look and then it flew off from my hand! Unbelievably, a second later the owl flew silently past me and caught the poor hawk moth. That was mesmerizing to see, I did feel a bit bad for the moth but at the same time to see a moth fly right past me and caught the moth was fantastic! I also saw it catch a sparrow the week before that. Such awesome birds!
Breathtakingly beautiful ! Thank you BBC Earth.
I never really like birds, but my 3 year old is obsessed with them, specifically owls. Her fascination, awe and love of these amazing animals is something I certainly enjoy nurturing and encouraging. We might as well live at an owl sanctuary these days lol. She's given me such an appreciation of them I never had before
So beautiful to watch them fly and how effortlessly their wings allow them to gain altitude and speed with a few silent beats of their wings
Narrator: The recording of the owl's flight is completely silent
The recording: Pterodactyl noises
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I love owls, they are so majestic, a tawny owl comes and sits in the tree in front of my house, it makes me feel really safe, grounded, alive and happy
I've never seen a tawny owl! If you love owls, another great documentary is this one ,highly suggest ! ua-cam.com/video/U2XQeEaQlgQ/v-deo.htmlsi=WgVvve_nttsrOkAI
An owl flew past my porch one morning in the dark I saw a dark object fly past the porch & a whisper of feathers amazing
For almost 65 years I've adored parrots, cockatoos, keets and all types of exotic, colorful, wonderfully-adorned beauties. Baretta birds? Hell yeah!!! (Anyone younger than 40 probably won't know what I'm talking about lol) However, the birds that have always had my full attention are the regal, majestic, predatory hunters in the skies. Hawks, falcons, eagles, kites and...most importantly...owls of ALL types. Not sure what the attraction is but owls just seem so damn loveable and Panda Bear/Teddy Bear-ish, yanno? I love their faces, their eyes, the way they turn and, ultimately, their silence in flight while hunting.
yes,most importantly owls of all types
*Owls got me into bird photography this past December*
So cool! All the birds are just gorgeous!
Walking in the high desert at dusk, I got close enough to a great horned owl that it left it's perch in a small tree and flew away from me. What a sight! One of only a couple of times I've seen these magnificent birds in the wild.
... its* perch (it's = it is)
I do closed captioning professionally and have profound hyperacusis. And even I could not hear a single thing when the owl was flying. Truly incredible.
10:34
He's even smiling too , like "Hehe boi"
Really it's my favorite bird, it has unique character in the world ❤🌈
Owl, cat, swan are my Three animals who gives me the similar energy in their own spectrums so to say
My friend told me that she heard an owl hooting near her condominium on Old Georgetown Road. It is walking distance from the White Flint Metro Station. That means that there are mice around near her home. The coolest animal that I saw near the White Flint Metro Center was what I believe was a beaver. That there is plenty of cool stuff to see there.
Thanks for this, I have always loved owls but your presentation taught me a lot and made me that much more in awe of them
Owl is one of the most beautiful🦉
Owls are like the ninjas of bird
6:48 that owl is such a diva, he’s like, “Oh! You looking at me? Don’t answer that, because I know you are.”
amazing and beautiful creatures, those dislikes are probably from the wolves:)
Superbe. I cracked up at the little owl's face at the end, after his fierce mom lands back on the nest. She's all majestic and that fluffy brown-grey potato is peacefully chewing like it's no big deal "yup that's mom for ya"
it’s not only the weight or the way of flying which allows owls to fly silently, it’s also that they have very thin barbules at the end of their feathers which further limits air disturbance
Incredible creations of the natural world.
I see owls, I click. 😍
Probably one of the unequivocally cool modern dinosaurs
Also consider that the silent flight of the owl may have a dual purpose. Avoids startling their prey, and allows them to listen closely right up until the moment of impact.
A few nights ago, I looked up for some unknown reason and saw the biggest great horned owl swooping less than two feet over my head. It landed in a tall juniper tree on the patio and stayed there for over an hour.
The moonlight was perfect for tiny critter spotting even though he probably didn't need the extra help. Anyway, I took all kinds of pictures. It felt like a benediction. I love these creatures.
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Can we get an owl series please?! If there’s one I should know, I’m always open to suggestions
Owls are my favorite animal ever, specifically barn owls. They just have this stoic and reserved nature that I resonate with. Plus, oh my god, they’re so cool as a species I just feel drawn to them.
Absolutely LOVE this and learned so much! LOVE the owls!!
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Best documentary makers
The owl is an amazing bird which has a clear night vision power.🦉🦉
Stunning. Meticulous. You have honored owls with this beautiful work.
13:33 Wow, I like that owl's attacking skills!!!!🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉
Only special people watch UA-cam videos like this and love them.
This is another great documentary on owls , highly suggest ! ua-cam.com/video/U2XQeEaQlgQ/v-deo.htmlsi=WgVvve_nttsrOkAI
Amazing video! I just learned more about owls in 14 min. than I ever knew. As a hunter/fisherman/outdoorsman I've been listening to owls my whole life since I was a young boy and I never knew that they could fly silently in Stealth Mode. Years ago while turkey hunting I was slowly making my way up a steep hill early in the morning with barely enough daylight to see the ground when I saw movement coming straight at me, I put my hand up out of reflex and a small owl hit me directly in my right hand and left scratches down my cheek. When I told my Dad what happened he said that it probably saw the top of my cap moving as I walked and thought it was a squirrel or a mouse and judging by the small size of the owl it was probably a screech owl. Scary incident absolutely, if it wasn't for my fast reflexes I could have lost my right eye, yet only received a few scratches and the owl was unscathed as it flew away.
This is another great documentary on owls , highly suggest ! ua-cam.com/video/U2XQeEaQlgQ/v-deo.htmlsi=WgVvve_nttsrOkAI
WOOOAH, owls just mesmerize me... Awesome video..
a birds hearing is so much more complicated the the average human big time = my cockatiels are still teaching me
0kay, good
That last moment reminded me of the part in "Peter and the Wolf" when the bird was harassing the wolf to distract it so Peter could lasso it. Absolutely amazing.
I love the air of mystery surrounding owls. Although many falconry experts claim they are not intelligent, there are many sources that debate this in terms of long term study of these birds.
i don'nt think that experts meant "not intelligent",they are smart,but less than crows or ravens,those psychos are INCREDIBLE in problem solving,and figuring solutions etc.
I can see Owls being tempered, cocky, stubborn 🤣 Kind of like cats.
This is my favorite bird and cannot get over oferte power they have. Thanks for this educational video.
Luna & Lily - someone has been watching Harry Potter 👀
Could well be. Even sounds like a little bit of their music snuck in too.
Our Owl Story.
So, here in New Jersey, we do have a wonderful raptor rehab organization, called The Raptor Trust. My wife and I were passing one of the owl enclosures when an owl clearly got very agitated. The docent was there and explained:
The owl thought of us as other owls. And since we were not as elevated as the owl, he was very worried for us and was trying to tell us to get to higher ground.
This was a cool documentary filmed in Connecticut - if you love owl videos. Mentions rehab places too. - ua-cam.com/video/U2XQeEaQlgQ/v-deo.htmlsi=WgVvve_nttsrOkAI
Really awesome !!! What if I could work on something like that? Research so beautifully is not possible without the BBC. But unfortunately I was born in a developing country for which this is not possible.
How did they live before barns were invented? Q; And what were they called then? A; homeless owls.
Wow, I knew owls were quiet fliers, but I didn't realize they were silent. Amazing.
I hate it when they turned their heads to the camera like a initial advertising... so fierce, decisive and proud... i love you guys...
8:41 Sonic tests is really being like a Hyperloop transporter ride. :D
Holy heck..the best thing I have ever seen...the owl is my favorite bird..super video.. Thank you!! I learned so much more about the bird I love so much!!!
okay, owls are my next favourite after penguins. damn nature. you made everyone so unique
There's something really special about OWLS
Such an amazing creation of Nature...👌
God ! 💛
Nothing was ever "created" in this world.
@@mikemondano3624 yeah I know.... It's evolution not creation. ☮️
@@ROKEY88 how can you look at this beautiful bird and say it was created by evolution, something that doesn’t have a consciousness 🤦🏾♂️ everything on earth is uniquely designed
@@JESUS_IS_KING777_12 Everything on this earth is uniquely evolved by time to survive .... This is called evolution.
Do you even know what are you talking about ....? 🤦
Thank you BBC Earth
My favorate channel
We will glade if BBC make these information in text and put them in the comment below.
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Wow flying without any sound at all, thats impressive, Owl is my most favorite bird. just beautiful but strong.
If the zombie apocalypse happens you definitely want to be an Owl.
Not only they are the most effective hunters by either day time or night time. These guys are taking on Wolves (with an S. Plural) (!!!)
Effortlessly badass flying ninjas.
Also the fact that a zombie is unlikely to think of an owl as food.
Before a zombie apocalypse happens, owls will have acquired the ability of speech and grown reposable thumbs.
both owls and wolfs are my favourite ........ seeing them both in last was an eye treat..😍😍😍😍
12:34 Currently for some unknown reason, a Snowy Owl has taken residence in Jones Beach (State Park) in New York.
Thank you for all your compliments We Owls thankyou.
show's kestrel fumbling : "the kestrel simply doesn't have what it takes."
... shows* - third person, no apostrophe!
3:17 I really like this whole segment. It’s just a calm, graceful flight.
My next tattoo is gonna be a big owl going across my back
Think it through man.
@@waibhavkrishnaChandra It's very well thought out. I've been working on the details of it for years.
@@ThePrufessa then it must be awesome
@@waibhavkrishnaChandra well it will be once I get brave enough to get it started. It's gonna be at least three hours
Three one hour sessions I should say
A ' Human Owl ' since 1957 when my Chinese classmates nicknamed me ' Mao Tao Ying ' = Owl (in Cantonese) with big rounded short-sight glasses in Diocesan Boys School (DBS) in Hong Kong. We will be having our 60th Anniversary in November 2024 with me being the most senior at 80 in August. They still call me ' Mao Tao Ying ' having only one eye from a bad doctor in 2017. ALL THE BEST TO MY CHINESE CLASSMATES & FAMILIES! (from my home ' The City of Angels, Bangkok ')
My hubby everytime i try to intimidate him: Oh look! An owl is starting at me 🤣.
I love owl🦉