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Mark and I have been spending some time in the Atherton Tablelands over the summer of 2023/24 looking for birds, dragons and frogs. On one particular expedition, I had some leads on the possible location of some owls, probably Barn Owls but maybe Grass Owls as well. We visited the area a couple of times and were quite amazed by the number of birds we saw.
Barn Owl
The most common owl we found was the Barn Owl and we must have seen at least 5 individual birds. They were usually sitting on the fence posts surrounding the cattle fields but we also found them on sign posts and on the ground. If we approached them slowly, most times they would just ignore us.
We saw a couple of Barking Owls we think flying past but we did manage to find this juvenile bird sitting on a post.
Barking Owl
The highlight of our trips to the Tablelands was when we found an Australasian Grass Owl. They look very similar to Barn Owls but you know when you have found one as they sit in the grass! Their cap is also darker and it was that which we were looking for. When we found this bird, there was no real doubt as to what it was. And it was a beauty!
Australasian Grass Owl
Boyd's Forest Dragon
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