Barn Owl Patrol UCD

It’s exciting to visualize both raptor diet & songbird abundance on the landscape, here are 2 top prey species selected by migrating Sharp-shinned Hawks along the north coast of CA in fall! Just a fun result buried in a dissertation I’m about to submit..

😍😱😫 “The entire species exists in a single 1 km strip of gorse and blackberry next to dairy pasture north of Hokitika” -@adzebill

Cool new #BarnOwl paper highlighting dietary habits on & around Napa Valley vineyards using nest box cameras: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Surprise! While most pairs are just laying eggs now, this family has 3-4 week old nestlings!

Happy Owlintine’s Day 💗

@sowylie Walk in music for your next barn owl presentation? @barn_owlproject @Burnabea @talonDNA

Soooooo the Department of Interior sent an email to all employees today announcing Trump’s payroll tax deferral program. Employees making less than $4,000/pay period gross will automatically have federal tax deferred, and then will have to pay DOUBLE taxes next year (1/n)

It’s still insane to me the distances that some species of hummingbirds migrate. Imagine weighing as much as a dime and having to cross the Gulf of Mexico nonstop.

Thanks everyone!

Indian Scops-owl (juvenile) is a common resident in #Pakistan, found in the plains, preferring old grooves of trees & forest plantations. Uncommon summer visitor to Murree Hills. © Mujtaba H.Shah/ Pakistan – March, 2020 @barn_owlproject @Burnabea @RaptorPolitics @IrishRaptorSG

@phylogenomics Hey Eisen! Do you have any idea if this mandatory shelter-in-place counts for field work with minimal/no human interactions? IE Fines for graduate researchers going to field sites? -Emily

I feel personally attacked.

This young Flammulated Owl is nearing its time to fledge! You can tell by its ability to look into your soul...as well as the facial disk that’s coming in nicely. #nestling #soontobeafledgling #FlammulatedOwls #raptorresearch #juvenileplumage

“Zygodactyls of the grapevines”. Owls feet are classified as #zygodactyl (2 forward + 2 backward facing toes), but they have quite a bit of flexibility in those back two toes...especially Barn Owls. In conclusion, I’d hate to be prey in grasping distance. #WildAg #FeetsFriday

Waiting for fall migration like:

Species: 🦁 Genus: 🦁🐯 Family: 🦁🐯🐱 Order: 🦁🐯🐱🐻 Class: 🦁🐯🐱🐻🐨 Phylum: 🦁🐯🐱🐻🐨🐸 Kingdom: 🦁🐯🐱🐻🐨🐸🦑 Domain: 🦁🐯🐱🐻🐨🐸🦑 🍅🍆🌶️🍠🍑🍌🌲 Kingdom: 🍅🍆🌶️🍠🍑🍌🌲 Phylum: 🍅🍆🌶️🍠🍑🍌 Class: 🍅🍆🌶️🍠🍑 Order: 🍅🍆🌶️🍠 Family: 🍅🍆🌶️ Genus: 🍅🍆 Species: 🍅

Sometimes our raptor perch camera trap photos are works of art

Another #BarnOwl that calls Yolo County vineyards home. #WildAg #gopherslayer #naturalpestcontrol