Bubo virginianus – Forgotten Winds

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Camouflage of Great Horned Owl

By: Christena February 18, 2017July 19, 2017

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The great horned owl is still hanging around the main part of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in perfect camouflage among the dormant trees. While his dead cotton wood tree is now long gone, he’s not far from it. These owls ear tufts are so distinctive. I’ve never heard it call or its deep, stuttering…

Photo Journal of Great Horned Owl – Part Two

By: Christena January 31, 2015January 24, 2018

Christena's PhotographyAvian, Birds, Bubo virginianus, Friends of Muleshoe and Grulla NWR, Great Horned Owl, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Nazareth Texas, NWR, Texas, Texas Wildlife, Wildlife Photography2 Comments

Just last week I photographed a great horned owl at the Nazareth cemetery and I briefly mentioned the ever-present, but mysterious great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) near Muleshoe, Texas. Earlier this week this owl became elusive no more to my camera. My friend, Ginny and I have known…

Photo Journal of Great Horned Owl

By: Christena January 23, 2015January 24, 2018

Christena's PhotographyAvian, Birds, Bubo virginianus, Cemetery Photography, Cemetery Wildlife, Christena's Photography, Great Horned Owl, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Muleshoe Texas, Nazareth Texas, owls, Wildlife PhotographyLeave a Comment

Walking in a cemetery to verify names in a database, I kept seeing lots of dove feathers on the ground that I had never observed before in the Nazareth cemetery. Then I noticed the owl pellets…. I looked up into the trees for the maker of the pellets. What I spotted was the barrel shape…