RARE Owl Found While Birding King Ranch!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

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[@benthompson4444]

Anne and I love the video. We were so honored to be able to be on this field trip with you guys. Your channel is the best!!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

We had so much fun with you guys! Thanks for coming along!

[@chasingbirds3073]

I know Raymond! I've birded with him quite a few times. Not as part of a tour, but just as a fellow birder here in New Mexico (he is from Albuquerque). He is a phenomenal birder and has a great eye and ear. In fact, he is personally responsible for several birds on my life list that I may not have spotted otherwise. I'm glad he was able to spot one for you. I don't have that species on my list as of yet. Congratulations!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Raymond's a great guy to have in your birding group!

[@jamescady723]

Great video! How exciting! I love these trip logs!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks so much!

[@timjozwiak2293]

Very nice of the King Ranch to allow this. Glad to see you abroad and on the road...but glad when you come home!!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Yeah it was very cool!

[@twofeathers5145]

He was hamming it up for you! Great footage, and the burrow was awesome, too!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@twofeathers5145 Thanks! Wish we could take credit for all the footage but our friend Chris took most of it! The obscured view in the tree is what we got on the trip!

[@Oltoir]

That shot with the three different species (mocking bird was one) was amazing! I'm so glad that some people have found financial benefit to keeping land pristine- just offer bird tours!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@Oltoir yeah wasn’t that a wild combo???

[@kooale]

@@BadgerlandBirding It really was!

[@kooale]

Great video, so many fantastic birds, THANKS A LOT!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks for watching!

[@mr1pearl]

Great score guys !

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks!

[@Beryllahawk]

It's almost like the owl decided "eh, today I will be a supermodel!" That big ol' wing stretch made me grin the most :D

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Haha loves the limelight

[@markshen3280]

Good morning 🌅 to you two from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR. OWLS 🦉 are nocturnal birds, and it’s so amazing that you two were able to spot these OWLS 🦉 in broad daylight 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kooale]

Good evening from the USA! Friend, you're mistaken. Owls (Barred, Great Horned) are readily spotted in day light hours here in rural & towney (pop. 40k) southern Wisconsin U.S.A., especially when they are hunting day & night to feed their young. The first owl we saw decades ago here was in the dark driving a 2 lane "country" rd. near a 6 lane Interstate highway. All the other owls since we've see in day light, in flight & perching within substantial trees (as recently as last week, what we guessed was a breeding pair of Horneds; the female was massive! SO COOL!

[@markshen3280]

WOW ! So glad to know you two had such great opportunities to spot these owls in the daytime 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Different species hunt at different times so this one was actually out hunting during the day!

[@markshen3280]

Great 👍🏻 Thank you 🙏 for your information. I don’t know much about owls 🦉…

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@markshen3280 Which owls do you have out in Hong Kong?

[@aureaphilos]

Oooh, that would've been 9 lifers for me!! Thanks for bringing us along!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Oh wow! Thanks for watching!

[@barbaracole709]

Love the ferrugineous pygmy owl! Such a cute little thing! Congrats!

[@garymeredith2441]

King Ranch is a great place to go when I went to South Texas in 2010 I was on their tour th was when the best days of birding ever .

[@BadgerlandBirding]

I’m assuming you guys got the owl too??

[@elijacoby1944]

I went birding for my birthday today. Added 12 lifers including a beautiful Chickadee finally 👌

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Awesome! Happy belated birthday!

[@elijacoby1944]

@@BadgerlandBirding Thank y’all for getting me into it

[@ABirdersParadise]

Congrats! Can't say I didn't cringe seeing people walking through the brush to look at the owl after you mentioned ticks though. The things we birders do to see birds. :D

[@BadgerlandBirding]

There are a lot of things in the grass you don't want, haha. Ticks, mosquitos, chiggers, sand burrs!

[@susanbrown4891]

Great video, guys. Thanks for sharing. 🦉🕊

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@susanbrown4891 you’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@captain1697]

Incredible footage!! Hats off to your skilled guides!

[@kitkat5765]

Wow, super cool! (I'm also entranced by the Harris's hawks lol , I haven't hit the desert at all so all desert/southern birds would be exciting for me.) Excellent luck and sound-triangulation skills!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You’ve gotta visit the Valley sometime!

[@BirdBrainBrian64]

I saw several ferruginous pygmy owls on a birding trip to Honduras in 2018. They are really neat.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Awesome!

[@BDCF100]

Saw that little beauty at the King Ranch around 2000. Also, many snakes.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@BDCF100 dang! We didn’t see any snakes

[@danielreid1232]

When I lived in Palenque Mexico, a group of 6 of these hung out in our backyard every night for about a week, often on a branch just above our door. Such cool birds! You can see a video I got of one of them on my channel if you're interested.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Very cool! Loved the head bobbing! 🤣

[@woodsonjane]

Great video!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks!

[@JS_naturephotos]

One of the local park rangers where I live in NC was out there with you guys.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Awesome!

[@NathanWebb-c5h]

That was fun to watch! I also recently sent you a Christmas card.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks, Nathan! Looking forward to seeing it!

[@Isaac-47517]

Really enjoyed the vid. ty. nesting pigmy head rotated 90 ° along y axis, lol.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Haha glad you enjoyed it!

[@IndyRommelCo]

I never thought of Birding @ King Ranch… ( I just think deer hunting ) May have to do that next!!!

[@jackieblatz5260]

I’m booked for April 4 2025 seven in our group, it seems like you guys are a few months before or after my planed trips which cameras did you use most for video?

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Some of the Owl footage was from our friend Chris who uses a Canon R6 II I believe? Some of our I shot with the OM-1 Mark II with the 150-600mm lens and Ryan was shooting with the Panasonic LUMIX FZ-80. If you have a specific clip in mind I can tell you what it was shot with

[@ricki-bobby]

Any Tropical Parula? I think that is one of the few places that has them in the US

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Some people in the group had one at the ranch but alas we didn’t see it ourselves.

[@TheWolfHowls1]

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