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		<title>Another excellent tropical owl</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This post newly updated with better link to owl sound)

Here&#8217;s a Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata), staring hard at us from its perch in the tropical lowlands of Sarapiquí in Costa Rica.  What could be more delightful than a cinnamon-and-cholcolate owl with white &#8220;spectacles?&#8221; 
I have the answer: one that makes a strange, rapidly pulsating noise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good owls come in strange places</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I tell my non-birding friends that we saw quite a few owls in Costa Rica, many of them are surprised.  The common perception is that owls are indeed woodland creatures, but that&#8217;s &#8220;normal&#8221; woods &#8212;  not, you know, the &#8220;jungle.&#8221;  I suspect this monolithic concept of owls &#8212; where &#8220;owl&#8221; pretty much equals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny owlets toot in trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say that pygmy owls are sparrow-like isn&#8217;t entirely true.  But it&#8217;s almost true.
To start with, there&#8217;s their size: they are Very Very Small (the technical term).  Almost sparrow-sized.  Perched in a conifer, they look like a tiny pinecone. Also, like sparrows, they&#8217;re largely diurnal, and can frequently be found glaring down from a high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Boss in her office: &#8220;checking for lard&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is a Spot the Bird, although it's less of a quiz than a photo series. All photos A or E Shock.  Click to enlarge.]
Here are some feral date palms, growing wild at a substantial oasis in Death Valley, CA.  The date palm is Phoenix dactylifera (&#8220;finger-bearing&#8221;), but in this case we could call it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And, speaking of owls&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and we were &#8212; always &#8212; this Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) was giving us the eye from our big backyard pine tree, right at sunset tonight.  The Gila woodpeckers, doves, and local hummers &#8212; both Anna&#8217;s and Black-chinned &#8212; were really ticked off at the eminence tigre, and zoomed and hovered threateningly.  I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of the best things we DIDN&#8217;T see in New Zealand&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;was a Ruru, or Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae).

It&#8217;s NZ&#8217;s only remaining native owl (the Laughing owl was last recorded in 1914), and is fairly common in many habitats, even parks and gardens, but is especially numerous in tracts of native bush.  We heard them several places, mostly in the Kauri Forest while on a night walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Half-Dome Head: the Geology of Owl Crania</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a property of owls I call &#8220;Half-Dome Head.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a shape that&#8217;s noticeable in the profile of all owls, particularly the larger ones.  The Barred Owl to the right is exhibiting major Half-Dome Head.  If Half-Dome Head can be achieved when making owls in clay, the resulting effigies will be Especially Owly.
The name derives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cranky Owlet finally meets&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/birds/cranky-owlet-finally-meets</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;a true kindred spirit:

Adult Burrowing owl giving the entire world StinkEye at the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center display at Boyce Thompson Arboretum&#8217;s &#8220;Welcome Back Buzzards Day&#8221;. (Photo A.Shock)

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		<title>Three Star Owl is Guest Blogger on Birdchick.com!</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/three-star-owl-is-guest-blogger-on-birdchickcom</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news!  Sharon Stiteler of Birdchick.com fame ran a contest for guest-bloggers while she&#8217;s out of the country, and Three Star Owl is her selection for Friday&#8217;s guest post!  Regular Three Star Owl readers will recognize the entry as a post from this web journal, Vertical Napping Bark, which is one of my favorites because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HAPPY HALLOWEEN!</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/etymology/happy-halloween</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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This is a Spectacled Owl from the recent Veracruz trip.  Spectacled owls are boldly patterned, unsociable owls of tropical forests of Central and South America.  This one flew silently in to check us out from its perch high in the canopy, and suffered to have its photo snapped illuminated only by a flashlight, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vertical Napping Bark: it&#8217;s hard to see an owl</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/natural-history/vertical-napping-bark-its-hard-to-see-an-owl</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Kate McKinnon recently posted that she has a hard time seeing owls in the wild, and she takes it personally.  Well she should, because an owl&#8217;s Primary Goal other than to eat something, is to escape detection, by you, by me, by a thoughtless human with a crossbow, by the other bigger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autumnal Owlinox &#8212; new season, new yard bird</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/happy-owly-autumn-new-yard-bird-heard</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was a busy night in the yard.  Well, I suppose they&#8217;re all busy nights, but last night I was awake to appreciate it.  Before human bedtime, the geckos were at their posts under the porch lights (our yard residents are the non-native Mediterranean Geckos, not the indigenous Western Banded, but they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yard list: Great horned owls part two</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update to an earlier post: 
Our local Great horned owl has a friend.  Last night from about 4 am we listened to two owls duetting and singing antiphonally for about half an hour, the higher hoots of the female alternating with the lower calls of the male.  It&#8217;s early in the year for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yard List &#8212; Great Horned Owl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night at 3.00am exactly, I heard the Great horned owl call. Very close, somewhere right in the back yard. The windows were open because a light monsoon event had brought fresh rain-cooled air, so the call, though soft, carried clearly.
Great horned owls are regulars in our area because there are plenty of perches, and [...]]]></description>
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