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LaptaMike
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10/11/2010 00:47 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 1 of 7 in Discussion |
| Got one twittering away just outside my window. Lovely little things. Anyone else get them visiting? |
Earlybird
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| Yes we have a little owl who is often around, Little owls are diurnal though. |
AlsancakJack
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10/11/2010 07:07 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 3 of 7 in Discussion |
| We have also got a pair of them around our villa but we also used to have a lot of bats but this year I have not seen any. |
CarrieRBag
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10/11/2010 07:13 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 4 of 7 in Discussion |
| We had one in our tree and she had little ones but sadly, they have all moved on now...hoping they will come back at some point. |
Groucho
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10/11/2010 07:19 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 5 of 7 in Discussion |
| The really great thing is.. if you get enough of them you don't get the pigeons nesting on your roofs...
Look up Skopes Scopes or Scops Owl too. Their call is very distinctive. like the 'ping' of a submarine's echo-sounder. |
martinD41
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| A.J. we used to have loads of Bat's but only seen one all year,but I notice now the Bat's have gone the MOZZIE'S are way more prolific............Could it be the "reported" over use of insecticides last year that have "DONE FOR" the bat's?.............Perhaps yet another ecological disaster!!! Oh My....... |
Jovial_John
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10/11/2010 09:49 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 7 of 7 in Discussion |
| The Little Owl here is the same as that in the UK and indeed is diurnal. This has a fairly dull brown plumage and is the one that you often see on the ground especially at night. It's call is infrequent - a sort of screech gradually increasing in volume as it is repeated up to 5 or 6 times.
The Skops Owl is strictly nocturnal and is approximately the same size as the Little Owl. However, it has a bluey grey speckled plumage and has a simple very rhythmic call - a high note followed by a low note - which it will repeat continuously for hours.
Both are quite common in Cyprus - perhaps the Skops being less frequent than the Little. |
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