Brown Hawk Owl joins in a badminton game
Posted by BESG on 4 January 10, Monday
Contributed by Amit Thakurt & Sumit K Sen
Photographer Amit Thakurta documented a Brown Hawk Owl (Ninox scutulata) seizing the shuttlecock while he and his friends were playing badminton on the evening of 29th December 2009 in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.
The images have been posted on the Bird Photography India and Delhibirdpix. Sumit K Sen of Kolkata posted the images in Birds of India and sent the link to KC Tsang after getting the permission of the photographer Amit Thakurta for BESG to repost them here. The account below is Amit’s story as told by Sumit.
“I would like to share an unusual experience with all of you. Some of my friends were playing badminton in a floodlit open court late in the evening. I was there and my camera was with me. Looking around, I saw a Brown Hawk Owl patiently watching the game from a nearby perch (above left).
“Suddenly, while the shuttlecock was in play, the bird made a sortie to catch the shuttle as if it was a prey species. However, it failed on this attempt and went back to the perch and continued observing the activity. This gave me the time to prepare my camera in anticipation of another try. And that attempt took place shortly afterward and the results are presented above.”
The top right image shows the owl seizing the shuttlecock; above left shows the owl flying off with the shuttlecock to its perch; and above right shows it manipulating the shuttlecock.
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Made Monday, 4 of January , 2010 at 3:38 am
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Comment by SY
Made Monday, 4 of January , 2010 at 9:17 am
Wow! How cool is that?!
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Made Monday, 4 of January , 2010 at 9:23 am
[...] is a link to a story of an adorable owl called a brown hawk owl (which looks like a cross between a boreal owl and a sharp-shinned hawk) that was photographed [...]
Comment by KF YAP
Made Monday, 4 of January , 2010 at 9:47 am
The poor owl must have been pretty hungry. Ha ha!!
Comment by K C Tsang
Made Monday, 4 of January , 2010 at 1:37 pm
I THINK THE OWL NEEDS TO HAVE A PAIR OF SPECTACLES !!!
Comment by DWB
Made Friday, 8 of January , 2010 at 5:38 am
One interesting bird watcher and photographer from Beijing. Let’s also take a look those birds from there.
Comment by DWB
Made Friday, 8 of January , 2010 at 5:39 am
sorry, missing the link
Comment by DWB
Made Friday, 8 of January , 2010 at 5:40 am
Comment by stick games
Made Tuesday, 15 of June , 2010 at 5:52 pm
this is really awesome thing to know. But there are people who still belive that things will get changed from their point of view..
