DBalaur
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A more behaviour-centric thread here. My main point of discussion will be GGOs, but I leave the thread name more generic in case someone wants to bring up other owls too. Many of these species rest most of daytime and knowing when to seek them appropriately and minimize your disturbance could be beneficial.
I have seen ~16 GGOs so far on 3 occasions. The first one was a chance encounter at dusk. The second and third were targeted trips to the same area at two different time frames - early morning (golden hour + 2 hrs afterwards) VS afternoon to dusk. I was told that GGOs peak activity is around dusk, but after the two targeted trips I did not really feel the difference. Both trips went well, but my budget setup suffered a lot more during the dusk trip because of its low-light performance. If anything, the morning owls were better-behaved because they hung around the fence posts more often, while the dusk ones tend to perch higher up in the conifers, away from the road. This is all a very pre-emptive conclusion from a sample size of two trips, so I would like to hear others with more experience on GGOs chime in: do you really see a clear peak in GGOs activity time? And is that your preferred time to search for GGOs?
I have seen ~16 GGOs so far on 3 occasions. The first one was a chance encounter at dusk. The second and third were targeted trips to the same area at two different time frames - early morning (golden hour + 2 hrs afterwards) VS afternoon to dusk. I was told that GGOs peak activity is around dusk, but after the two targeted trips I did not really feel the difference. Both trips went well, but my budget setup suffered a lot more during the dusk trip because of its low-light performance. If anything, the morning owls were better-behaved because they hung around the fence posts more often, while the dusk ones tend to perch higher up in the conifers, away from the road. This is all a very pre-emptive conclusion from a sample size of two trips, so I would like to hear others with more experience on GGOs chime in: do you really see a clear peak in GGOs activity time? And is that your preferred time to search for GGOs?
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