Barn Owl (Tytoalba)
is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread
of all birds.The barn owl is nocturnal. The barn owl is a medium-sized,
pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail. We always want to
see this owl but we never get chance. When we come to Patan we saw many new
species and Barn Owl is one of them. We saw them in our campus. One day while
going to college in afternoon we heard lots of alarming call of common birds
from corner of our campus. We went there to see what happen and why are they
making call. Snakes are frequently seen in our campus so we thought its might
be a snake. But our assumption was totally wrong. In fact commoners were trying
to mob something else. All of sudden our kid Sweetu saw a bird in inner
branches of Baboon tree. It was camouflage in such way that its difficult to
locate. When we saw that bird it was flying away due to constant mobbing by
commoners. The pale face with its heart shape and black eyes give bird a
distinctive appearance. We immediately know that it is Barn Owl. We saw that
bird again in same month, same place.
8th January 2016
GMERS Medical college campus, Dharpur,
Patan, Gujarat, India
Nikon D7100
AF-S Nikkor 300mm F/4D IF-ED + AF-S
Teleconverter TC-14E
