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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

Why did the chicken cross the road ?

#roadsidehawk #rupornismagnirostris #birds
#birdsoftheworld #birdsofprey #birdsoffeather #birdsoffeatherpuntogether #ninjaraptors #ninja #martialarts #ornithology #scicomm #animalbehaviour

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

Deforestation might help this bird expanding into areas that would otherwise be suboptimal. But habitat loss and pesticides may cause decline in population. Notably, boa constrictors are are natural predators.

Sources: Birds of the world data base.

Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

Roadside hawks are one of the more vocal raptors especially during courtship and aerial displays.
Least concern.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

They usually catch prey by perch-hunting 🪾 from branches or fence posts, and then dropping or gliding down onto targets. They can even take advantage of grass fires🔥 , risking their own feathers 🪶 , or army ant swarms in order to catch insects.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

They are highly opportunistic predators, preying on insects 🐜, spiders🕷️, reptiles 🐍, frogs , small mammals like guinea pigs, opossums, hares, bats 🦇and Deppe’s squirrel, some birds, eggs 🪺and nestling of Sand-colored Nighthawk (Chordeiles rupestris).

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

The 🚲Roadside hawk is a found in many different environments form Northern Mexico to Northern Argentina, with a preference for forest edges 🌳. It is one of the most widespread raptors of the neotropics.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 8d

Why did the chicken cross the road ?

#roadsidehawk #rupornismagnirostris #birds
#birdsoftheworld #birdsofprey #birdsoffeather #birdsoffeatherpuntogether #ninjaraptors #ninja #martialarts #ornithology #scicomm #animalbehaviour

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

How do you call a snowy owl rolling down a hill ?

#snowyowl #buboscandiaca
#birdsoftheworld #birdsofprey #birdsoffeather #birdsoffeatherpuntogether #ninjaraptors #ninjago #martialarts #ornithology #scicomm #animalbehaviour

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

Birds of feather PUN together ! Liked the joke ? Consider dropping a feather 🪶 below to let me know, liking and sharing ! I know my drawings 🎨are not the most aesthetic, but I hope you get the ! ✨Use your imagination to enhance the experience!✨

Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

They mainly use two capturing methods: the 🛬 wallop (landing on prey on the ground) or the 🧹 sweep (fly-by and grabbing the prey with one foot).
They can also take advantage of human activities that injure animals.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

🔍To locate a prey, they either perch and scan, or hover and scan. 🪾
Then once the prey is located, they chase, drop, glide, run or slip. ⚡️

birdsoftheworld.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl

Birds of the World - Comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

birdsoftheworld.org

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

They hunt during any time of the day, except in severe weather conditions, but prefer evening into darkness 🌌 and early mornings 🌅 when hunting.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

They also rely on high densities of small mammals such as lemming or voles during the breeding season. They can also eat carrion of walrus, seal, fox, fish and dead animals caught in traps. They may even scavenge Polar bear kills.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

Snowy owls are able to kill a wide range of prey from small to large mammals and birds during any time of the year.
They can hunt geese, ducks, shorebirds, seabirds, passerines, crustaceans, beetles and amphibians.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

In winter, this owl can be solitary or social and share communal roosting areas. They are also nomadic and irruptive migrants that can at times appear almost ANYWHERE, often, in SURPRISING abundance.

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Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 16d

Next time you part in a snowbOWL fight, whatch out for the Snowies !🌨️🪏

❄️The Snowy Owl ❄️is one of the largest owls in the world and nests on Arctic tundra habitats.
Adult males are almost pure with, while females are white with brown barring. They are distinctly larger than males.
#snowyowl #birds

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