When in care young Australian Boobook owls (Ninox boobook ocellata) are feisty little things. They rarely slow down long enough to get a checkup. The best time to do a heathy check is after they have had a good feed and are ready for a nap. This little girl had a minor concussion and was having her responses checked and maybe just a little scratch on the nose because who can resist that face. Please note - wildlife rehabilitation requires training and practice under qualified trainers. If you en

Australian Boobook owl. This little face perfectly represents how I’m feeling 😜#owlpainting #birdpainting #tinypainting #realisticart #realisticartwork #wildlifeart #artlovers #cutepainting | Carla Grace Art

An Australian Boobook calling in a park near our home in southeast Queensland, Australia. I love falling asleep listening to this bird calling! Shakiness due to extreme zoom of the camera. More about these owls here --> OwlPag.es/AustralianBoobook | The Owl & Nature Page

🟥 say no to rat bait 🟥 Here is 10 seconds of a young boobook owl telling his carer Sam all about how hard life can be at times. Australian boobook owls can tell their children apart from the fledgling young of other boobook owls by the different trilling noises they make. In a PhD study at Edith Cowan University, Mike Lohr used Boobooks as a readily accessible, ‘sentinel’ nocturnal species to test for levels of rodenticides. The results from analysis of livers were shocking, with 74 per cent c