Saturday, December 10, 2016

Spotted Owlet at Hebbal Park, Bangalore

Hebbal Lake in north Bangalore is favourite spot for various colourful birds. People have identified nearly 100 spices of birds here. One among them is Spotted Owlet.



It is a small and stocky bird with upper parts that are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the with yellow eyes. It has a white neckband and supercilium. 



It is a common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation. It feeds on insects and small vertebrates.



27 comments:

  1. Its a cute little owl. Have a beautiful day, Rajesh!

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  2. Scary Owl looks cute...

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  3. Superb capture on the owlet and beautiful detail on its features!

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  4. What a beautiful owl! Love these photos!

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  5. the owl is too cute ! I love owls they have the same eyes as my cat !

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  6. It looks a beautiful bird. Great photos.

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  7. Lovely picture, the top one. Eyeing you up Rajesh.

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  8. That is a beautiful bird, and your captures are excellent, especially that first one.

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  9. Hi Rajesh-
    Stunning captures of the Owl, both in dim light and in bright light.
    Thanks for visiting me.
    Have a Happy Weekend!
    Peace :)

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  10. Amazing and lovely bird, as well! A funny owl with big eyes! Many thanks for sharing these nice images! A good weekend!

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  11. Nice photograph of the owl.. How you manage to take a snap...

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  12. Sweet little bird. I am still waiting to get my first owl pic in the wild.
    ~

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  13. clear snap of owl...super..

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  14. Anonymous21:18

    excellent :)

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  15. Oh he is so cute -- how great to spot the spotted owl )))

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  16. Hello Rajesh!:) Beautifully captures photos of this darling little Spotted Owl.:)

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  17. What fantastic eyes this bird has.

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  18. How precious, just beautiful Owlet!

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  19. Anonymous01:11

    I love owls! What great images!

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  20. Isn't he just gorgeous!

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  21. beautiful picture sharing

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  22. beautiful picture capturing

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  23. Gorgeous! Loved the first one more!!

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