The last week of 2023 was a mild week in Canada. It was a great time to visit the Museum of Nature in Ottawa. There was a special exhibit that was scheduled to close in the first week of the new year. One of the exhibits was outdoors and displayed some birds that make their home in Canada. These birds were rescued, nursed back to health, and are now travelling to cities across the country to educate people of their place in our world. Their injuries have made it unlikely that they would survive if released back into their natural habitat.
Four of the birds were owls, representatives of various provinces of the country. Can you identify the four different species? Two of them have good clues. Can you name the other two?
The following video should be seen in full screen mode. Think of it as having the eyesight of an eagle.
The bald eagle is not really bald is it.
Love owls. There’s so many different kinds and they range drastically in size.
Thanks for the comment. Happy new year. 🎊. I understand they can be good companions.
Beautiful birds. I truly love birds, and I had a great year for bird photography. From Buckhorn Island State Park, we can look toward Navy Island through a spotting scope and see juvenile bald eagles in a tree. It’s awesome. Happy New Year, Doug. Blog on!
Hi Alice. It is rewarding to learn that if we pay attention to to how we have damaged our environment, we can do something better to help nature restore itself and recover from our ignorance.
Thanks for the photos Doug! Quite often we enjoy listening the owls calling back and forth to one another in the neighbourhood. They are usually very hard to spot. All the very best to you and your family!
Hi Helen. Thanks for the comment. Happy New Year to you and your family. Owls don’t move about very much in the day and they don’t have a distinctive profile to easily spot them.