When I was a kid, I got to see a couple of them in a nature rehabilitation place and they had them engages and I was able to like walk up and I’m really close and the guy there says Bob your head up and down so I did in the thing just starts copying me. It was the cutest thing in the world.
Cute little tooters! We had one here that was so predictable and always "tooted" in the same place in the same way at the same time every single night for years. So predictable that I SWORE it was an electronic alarm in my neighbors yard. I was actually going to talk to them about it and let them know until one night about three years after I first heard him, he was in MY yard! I still didn't know it was an owl though so I went and got my spotlight and went and found him. If he was three inches tall I'd be surprised. But even with a spotlight in his face, all he/she did was look down at me and just keep on a-tootin'! toot toot toot toot! Same rhythm, never took a break and the little bugger did it for hours on end.
Yes, they are pretty docile. They will snap their bills if they begin to get upset. The biologists are very experienced, and know how to treat the birds gently.
They are so tame in the woods, too. There are many stories of hunters spotting one, and just walking right up to say hi. Sometimes, they show up in back yards in migration, and just sit there while neighbors amble up. Cute.
My cat caught an owl yesterday and brought it inside...today I figured out what type of owl it is. Thank God I heard the commotion and intervened, as I couldn't live with myself if my Enki Cat unalived this cutie pie...I need to sleep I spent hours yesterday trying to get this owl out of my house. I finally got to sleep at 3:00 am lol I need to sleep better tonight.
Great video! Love the humour too! About to go owl banding for the first time this evening here in Saskatchewan, just south of Prince Albert. Going with a group of college students and working with a well experienced bander who has won awards for his work in conservation. I greatly appreciate the information provided in the video and am even MORE excited for tonight! Keep up the great work!! 🦉
Great video!!!! Outstanding project!!! Keep them coming!! We are down at Huntington Beach state park in South Carolina great variety of birds to see this year. We were woken up by a Great Horned owl duet this morning at about 0155 hrs.
I’ve heard these in the Appalachians of Alabama and Georgia but I still haven’t seen a wild one in person. They’re so tiny and hidden. I’ve seen them at the zoo before though.
I wish! Boreal owl is my most coveted bird. I really want one. None seen this season. A pair showed up in these nets two years ago. I got an alert phone call at home, but I was too far away to visit. The birds are treated with great care, and had to be released promptly. So I'm STILL hopeful that some day...
@@Bob_Duchesne Same. I try to stay on top of all boreal owl records in Maine because their presence here is really fascinating for me, but sadly we haven’t crossed paths yet. Don’t be surprised if you stumble on a pair next summer or something, they seem to always turn up when you don’t expect lol. I’m hopeful for the same.
Thanks. The movement map at 2:00 minutes shows them coming down from Newfoundland, but it could have been clearer. Meanwhile, I'm eager to revisit Newfoundland, especially if you'll tell me where you hide the boreal owls.
I have a question about the snapping their bills -- I caught a little owl on my trail cam (video) last night, and since I'm in Oklahoma, I assumed he was a screechie since we have those. However, while he was sitting in the creek in shallow water, he was snapping / clicking his bill. Sooo -- do screechies do that, too, or did I actually catch a saw-whet?? Since it's night time video, seeing any colors is very hard, and the IR tends to blow out any light parts when close up, so it's even harder. I've caught little owls before, and there's no telling if I've ID'd them correctly. So what do you think? And, do screechies snap, too? Thanks! :)
I don't have screech owls near me, so I don't know about them. Other non-owls do bill snapping, so the behavior isn't rare. The saw-whets are so docile, they barely snapped on this night.
@@Bob_Duchesne Thanks for taking the time to reply! I guess I need to stay on my quest to find out if screechies snap, too :) If other owls do, it would make sense that screechies are no exception, however. Thank you!
I know where it is I won’t disclose that but I definitely know where I’ve worked on goose banding at the moose horn national wildlife refuge, but I’m guessing you guys are somewhere around Acadia
@@Bob_Duchesne yeah I have like 100+ acres that borderlines the moose horn that I hunt on it connects to a lot of those four wheeler trails that go through it. I run into owls all the time out there hunting lotta pileated woodpeckers too.
@@Bob_Duchesne couple years ago hunting. I had a barred owl, fly off about 5 feet in front of me. It was sitting in a low fir tree the people I was hunting with pulls up, but I was like that’s an owl don’t shoot it’s crazy because they can be right next to you and takeoff and you wouldn’t even hear them. The only reason why I heard the owl is because it shook the tree.
Believe it or not, it depends on the lemmings. A few snowy owls visit every winter, but they are very irruptive. If there's a lot of food during their arctic breeding season, more come south. If it's a a lean summer, not many come down.
@@Bob_Duchesne ya.... we were on week 4 of it crying but he 8" of snow this week I think buried it. now we just got 12 or so more snow I actually feeling bad for it lol
I can’t imagine banding INSIDE a trailer. Where’s the fun in being warm, having a toilet, and not having to fear your chair falling apart under you? And no heavy dew soaking up your papers??
Nope. There are eastern, western, and whiskered screech owls in North America. Northern saw-whet owls are different, and a little bit smaller. And they sound completely different. I do wish I had screech owls living near me.
Yes, they would, but not much farther south. They prefer it dense and coniferous, so they range all the way down the Rockies at elevation, but they thin out in the Midwest once you get south of Michigan
Update your map. We get them as far south as central Florida. Northern Palm Beach County to be precise. You can see them perched in oak trees, and hear them. Sounds like rattlesnakes flying around.
Those nets should be banned! Getting caught and handled is extremely stressful for these birds. I thought you respected them. I guess not. Unsubscribing.
I'm obsessed with them. They are so beautiful and adorable, I just want to cry
I know. They are darling!
SAME 😭😭🥰
When I was a kid, I got to see a couple of them in a nature rehabilitation place and they had them engages and I was able to like walk up and I’m really close and the guy there says Bob your head up and down so I did in the thing just starts copying me. It was the cutest thing in the world.
- I know. I didn't realize how small they were. Wow, how truly beautiful 😍
Other owls: Hoot, scream
Saw-whet owls: beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
They’re so damn adorable. 😭
Bob's jokes were a hoot
Gorgeous and cute birds. Thanks for such an informative video about these wonderful birds.
Cute little tooters! We had one here that was so predictable and always "tooted" in the same place in the same way at the same time every single night for years. So predictable that I SWORE it was an electronic alarm in my neighbors yard. I was actually going to talk to them about it and let them know until one night about three years after I first heard him, he was in MY yard! I still didn't know it was an owl though so I went and got my spotlight and went and found him. If he was three inches tall I'd be surprised. But even with a spotlight in his face, all he/she did was look down at me and just keep on a-tootin'! toot toot toot toot! Same rhythm, never took a break and the little bugger did it for hours on end.
hahaahhaha....you just described our little tooter to a tee! He goes on and on and on for HOURS!!!!
TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT! *4 hours later* TOOT TOOT TOOT!.
That's awesome!
That bird looked really calm while you were checking it. I would have thought it would have fought a bit more, but I guess I was surprised.
Yes, they are pretty docile. They will snap their bills if they begin to get upset. The biologists are very experienced, and know how to treat the birds gently.
it's crazy how chill they are haha
They are so tame in the woods, too. There are many stories of hunters spotting one, and just walking right up to say hi. Sometimes, they show up in back yards in migration, and just sit there while neighbors amble up. Cute.
My favorite owl!! Thank you!!! 🦉
My cat caught an owl yesterday and brought it inside...today I figured out what type of owl it is. Thank God I heard the commotion and intervened, as I couldn't live with myself if my Enki Cat unalived this cutie pie...I need to sleep I spent hours yesterday trying to get this owl out of my house. I finally got to sleep at 3:00 am lol I need to sleep better tonight.
Lovely small ones...the invisible beautiful hunters.
So sweet! Just love them.
what a cute little bird ❤❤
Great work, Bob 👍🏼
None of the other saw-whet owls are gonna believe this one when he tries to tell them this insane story of what happened to him.
"...and then they put me in a JUICE can!"
Great video! Love the humour too! About to go owl banding for the first time this evening here in Saskatchewan, just south of Prince Albert. Going with a group of college students and working with a well experienced bander who has won awards for his work in conservation. I greatly appreciate the information provided in the video and am even MORE excited for tonight! Keep up the great work!! 🦉
So how did it go?
So so cool,I need to watch several times!
Colonoscopy?🤣
Yes
What a voice!
Awesome. Another destination for my bucket list.
Great video!!!! Outstanding project!!! Keep them coming!!
We are down at Huntington Beach state park in South Carolina great variety of birds to see this year. We were woken up by a Great Horned owl duet this morning at about 0155 hrs.
Thanks bob,you have a new fan.
man it would be so cool to do this!!!
Lol the narration 😆
I've watched them catch saw-whets on Kelleys Island in Ohio.
I’ve heard these in the Appalachians of Alabama and Georgia but I still haven’t seen a wild one in person. They’re so tiny and hidden. I’ve seen them at the zoo before though.
Amazing and cool information! Thank you Bob!
You guys doing important job. 👍
Excellent MrBob☺️
Interesting clip
Great video Bob
Cool! Ever get any boreal owls this season? Or last year for that matter
I wish! Boreal owl is my most coveted bird. I really want one. None seen this season. A pair showed up in these nets two years ago. I got an alert phone call at home, but I was too far away to visit. The birds are treated with great care, and had to be released promptly. So I'm STILL hopeful that some day...
@@Bob_Duchesne Same. I try to stay on top of all boreal owl records in Maine because their presence here is really fascinating for me, but sadly we haven’t crossed paths yet. Don’t be surprised if you stumble on a pair next summer or something, they seem to always turn up when you don’t expect lol. I’m hopeful for the same.
I want one
We get them on the Avalon peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. Your map shows none of the island as part of their range.
Thanks. The movement map at 2:00 minutes shows them coming down from Newfoundland, but it could have been clearer. Meanwhile, I'm eager to revisit Newfoundland, especially if you'll tell me where you hide the boreal owls.
@Bob_Duchesne The Boreal Owls are elusive creatures, huh? An avid bird photographer friend is hoping to get a snap or two of one of them!
- Part 2?
Probably some day.
We filmed one tonight in Delano Tn.
I have a question about the snapping their bills -- I caught a little owl on my trail cam (video) last night, and since I'm in Oklahoma, I assumed he was a screechie since we have those. However, while he was sitting in the creek in shallow water, he was snapping / clicking his bill. Sooo -- do screechies do that, too, or did I actually catch a saw-whet??
Since it's night time video, seeing any colors is very hard, and the IR tends to blow out any light parts when close up, so it's even harder. I've caught little owls before, and there's no telling if I've ID'd them correctly.
So what do you think? And, do screechies snap, too? Thanks! :)
I don't have screech owls near me, so I don't know about them. Other non-owls do bill snapping, so the behavior isn't rare. The saw-whets are so docile, they barely snapped on this night.
@@Bob_Duchesne Thanks for taking the time to reply! I guess I need to stay on my quest to find out if screechies snap, too :) If other owls do, it would make sense that screechies are no exception, however. Thank you!
I know where it is I won’t disclose that but I definitely know where I’ve worked on goose banding at the moose horn national wildlife refuge, but I’m guessing you guys are somewhere around Acadia
Moosehorn not only has lots of owls, it's the one place I've ever heard Great Horned, Barred, and Saw-whet Owls all calling at once.
@@Bob_Duchesne yeah I have like 100+ acres that borderlines the moose horn that I hunt on it connects to a lot of those four wheeler trails that go through it. I run into owls all the time out there hunting lotta pileated woodpeckers too.
@@Bob_Duchesne couple years ago hunting. I had a barred owl, fly off about 5 feet in front of me. It was sitting in a low fir tree the people I was hunting with pulls up, but I was like that’s an owl don’t shoot it’s crazy because they can be right next to you and takeoff and you wouldn’t even hear them. The only reason why I heard the owl is because it shook the tree.
Any video of snow owl will post in the future？
Believe it or not, it depends on the lemmings. A few snowy owls visit every winter, but they are very irruptive. If there's a lot of food during their arctic breeding season, more come south. If it's a a lean summer, not many come down.
@@Bob_Duchesne Thank you for the info.
we have one here by ft kent your welcomed to come catch..... hasn't shut up in 2 weeks
Probably won't shut up for another two weeks...or more. Once they get going, they don't stop. Some keep going until Memorial Day.
@@Bob_Duchesne ya.... we were on week 4 of it crying but he 8" of snow this week I think buried it. now we just got 12 or so more snow I actually feeling bad for it lol
Rare cutie
I can’t imagine banding INSIDE a trailer. Where’s the fun in being warm, having a toilet, and not having to fear your chair falling apart under you? And no heavy dew soaking up your papers??
Kinda spoiled, huh?
Are these what I know as a screech owl
Nope. There are eastern, western, and whiskered screech owls in North America. Northern saw-whet owls are different, and a little bit smaller. And they sound completely different. I do wish I had screech owls living near me.
Would they be in southwestern lower Michigan close to the border?
Yes, they would, but not much farther south. They prefer it dense and coniferous, so they range all the way down the Rockies at elevation, but they thin out in the Midwest once you get south of Michigan
Biiiiiitss!!!!!
What happened to that fab bird ?
Released unharmed, with a souvenir bird band to show for it.
Update your map. We get them as far south as central Florida. Northern Palm Beach County to be precise. You can see them perched in oak trees, and hear them. Sounds like rattlesnakes flying around.
Do tiny but what large wings
Great abuse video!
If that's abuse, then you do NOT want to witness my prostate exam. LOL
@@Bob_DuchesneYou are a cruel person with a sick humour. Stop that animal torture.
The "cute" bit of the script is annoying. The cute owl should be the focus.
That's animal torture, don't do this please!
Why are you banding them? That's so against the Laws of Nature and Nature's God.
They literally explained it in the video. It’s a great way to study how populations are doing
Those nets should be banned! Getting caught and handled is extremely stressful for these birds. I thought you respected them. I guess not. Unsubscribing.
We filmed one tonight in Delano Tn.
I've got several near my house, but the little twerps are calling from too deep in the woods to film. One of these nights...