For owls that are superb.
Went to a small sanctuary. Saw three types of owls. See photos below as my first humble contribution to this community. It was nice to see cool owls. Shitty photos though, sorry. But they were cool. The ~~burrowing~~barking owl was just the cutest little thing.
I love the strut in the first picture.
“Aw yeah . . . That’s right . . . Uh huh . . “
I took several photos trying to find the best smug look. Here's a winkies one.
"Ayyyy - how you doin?"
I was going to ask if this was in the southern hemisphere, but when I hit reply, my app showed your image text and I saw the second was indeed a masked owl.
Can't see enough of the third to know if that is some type of Masked Owl or a Barn Owl.
The first is labeled Burrowing Owl, but it looks like a Barking Owl, based on the vertical barring in the belly and the eyebrow line looks different.
And your images are at least as good as the ones I take. Any image of an owl is a superb image!
I have made the correction! I should have taken a photo of the labels but I always just go for the animals and then forget their names later haha. And yes it was taken in Sydney, Australia.
I know the second was the Masked owl because the name and its markings were a perfect match so it stuck in my head. That face is so Mask.
Hah, I always feel so silly taking pictures of signs, but that's why I do it!
I'm not great on Aussie Owl IDs, but my guesses would be the darker one as a Tasmanian Masked, and the light one as an Australian Masked or a common Barn Owl.
That Barking Owl jumped out right away though.
I really want to see these Australian and NZ owls in person, and I always feel I should post more of them.
Excellent owls your grace did you have a favourite?
The ~~burrowing~~barking owl definitely. It was the most expressive one and moving its head and looking all smug.