#western barn owl

[shibesky]

owls of ga’hoole if it were epic

[pick-a-plush]

[ornithological]

looks at bird taxonomical updates and sobs in my blog tagging system

[lyvri-pigeon]

please mr pastel was my father just call me Oil

[alexanderoftirragen]

i like the placement for my barn owl tattoo because when i hold my arm one way vs the other it looks like different tyto alba subspecies 😭

[spacefinch]

You guys

There is a screech owl in my neighborhood

(Not my photo, this is from allaboutbirds.org. Great website, by the way!)

Also, fun fact: Screech owls do not screech! They have a softer, trilling hoot. It sound like this.

If you do hear an owl screeching, it is most likely you heard a barn owl.

[scottpartridge]

A rectangular version of North American Owls includes Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Bearded Screech Owl, Whiskered Screech Owl, and Flammulated Owl in addition to the Elf Owl, Northern Pygmy Owl, Saw Whet Owl, Eastern and Western Screech Owls, Boreal Owl, Hawk Owl, Long-Eared Owl, Short-Eared Owl, Burrowing Owl, Barn Owl, Spotted Owl, Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Snowy Owl, and Great Grey Owl. Note that the Hawaiian Pueo is a subspecies of Short-Eared Owl.

[snototter]

A barn owl (Tyto alba) perches in the trees in Stirling Ranges, Western Australia

by John Anderson

[supremebirdbracket]

Two popular classics! But who is the Superb Owl?

The most widely distributed owl in the Americas, the great horned owl ranges throughout North America and much of Central and South America. They can be found in almost any habitat. These owls mostly prey on rodents and lagomorphs, but are opportunistic hunters and will take anything they can catch, including smaller owls. They hunt by watching from a perch. Regarding their ecological niche, they are sometimes described as the nocturnal equivalent of red-tailed hawks. Great horned owls nest earlier in the year than most other raptors. These owls are very long-lived, with a typical lifespan of around 13 years in the wild (with a record of 28) and up to 50 in captivity!

Western barn owls live throughout Europe as well as much of Africa and the Arabian peninsula in a wide variety of habitats, but most especially favoring open woodland and grasslands. These owls mostly eat small mammals such as rodents and shrews, but will also eat birds, amphibians, lizards, and insects. They hunt by flying slowly over ground and pouncing when movement is detected. Western barn owls are usually monogamous, mating for life. After fledging, young remain with their parents for only about a month. Since barn owls have relatively high metabolic rates, they eat proportionally more rodents than other owls and are thereby appreciated by farmers as effective pest control.

[irradiatedsnakes]

Have you thought about furry designs for protocol characters yet? I'd love to hear your thoughts on what animals they might be, yours are always top tier (though I understand if you need more time to get vibes from everyone lol)

yes i have!! given we're so early on they're all subject to change (and i haven't chosen one for lena given we don't know anything about her Whole Deal yet) buuut

sam: common raccoon

he really strikes me as a cute, fluffy sort of mammal. i chose raccoon for their curiosity and intelligence, and tendency to get into places they maybe shouldn't be.

alice: great blue heron

this is one of those "entirely vibes based" choices. she feels like a bird to me, and her shapes feel sharply-angled. great blue heron struck me, and i vibed with the design so much it cemented pretty quick.

gwen: lesser sooty owl

given the bouchard connection, i wanted to make her a tytonid (tytonidae, the barn owl family, separate from all the other owls which are family strigidae) given elias is a western barn owl. i chose sooty owl specifically for visual/design reasons, since many tytonids just look.. almost exactly like western barn owls, and sooty owls are quite pretty.

colin: northern pike

one thing you'll notice going through my furry choices is that, while i have a lot of lesser-represented taxa in furry aus like invertebrates, extinct animals, and strange birds, i don't have ANY fishes, at least not since switching martin back from being a nurse shark. that's sad. i wanted to choose at least one fish for the tmagp cast, and i think the northern pike, being a grumpy-looking, solitary animal worked well for colin. (also, i think a clearly carnivorous animal deadpan saying "i'm a vegetarian." is funny)

teddy: sloth bear

i just wanted to choose a fun bear for him. he's there for like three minutes. his name's teddy. Bear

celia: golden alpine salamander

for celia, i wanted to choose something that goes through a metamorphosis, as a reflection of her changing name/identity from getting her name stolen during the fearpocalypse. i chose a terrestrial salamander specifically due to the mythological connotations of salamanders being able to walk through flames unscathed, with her having escaped the apocalypse.

[halo-mango]

Boue the western barn owl

[thesconesyard]

Underneath the Western Sky

5. Coyote Prowlin'

“Something’s been prowling around the barn,” Jim announced at lunch.

“Oh? What?” Dr. McCoy asked from the other end of the table.

“Coyote,” Jim replied.

“One? Or a pack?” asked Sulu.

“One I think,” Jim said, looking thoughtful. “But the tracks all cross back and forth over each other.”

“So keep our eyes open,” Scotty nodded.

“Least Jaylah won’t be trying to chase one up a tree this time,” McCoy teased, smiling at the mentioned young woman.

“You love Franklin as much as he loves you,” Jaylah teased him back.

McCoy rolled his eyes and continued eating.

After the meal was finished Spock made his way to the barn. He wanted to see the tracks Jim had seen. Perhaps he would be able to sort out if it was one animal or many.

“Hey Spock!”

Spock turned around to see Jim coming towards him.

“Jim.”

“What’cha doing?” Jim asked.

“Looking for the tracks you mentioned.”

“Oh. They’re over on the other side. I’ll show you.” Jim gestured with his head and began to walk.

Late in the evening Spock again returned to where the tracks were. He had decided they were from a single animal and he was curious why it would come so close to the barn and house by itself. He settled himself in the shadows on an upturned log.

Spock was patient and he would wait. Howls in the hills told him it would not be long.

He enjoyed the sounds of the night around him as he waited. A breeze rustled leaves, an owl’s wings rushed by, as did bats. Nocturnal insects buzzed, but did not bother him. In the barn behind him the horses blew out breaths and settled for the night. Spock heard tails and manes swish.

Under all those sounds Spock hears something else.

A quiet patter of feet across dirt and gravel.

Spock strained his ears to listen. Yes. The sound was coming towards where he watched.

A moment later he saw a glint of eyes near the fence of the horse pasture. Cautiously they crept closer.

In the faint starlight, Spock made out the shape of a young coyote. Its nose was to the ground and as it drew closer, it suddenly looked up.

Spock’s eyes widened in surprise as it seemed to look straight at him. If he had to guess, the animal was surprised to see him too.

“Hello,” he called softly to it.

The coyote’s ears twitched, and it lowered itself towards the ground.

“I won’t harm you,” Spock continued. Inside the barn, the horses made noise. They must have smelled the coyote.

Spock drew a slow breath and stood up. The coyote hunched closer to the ground and its ears twitched again. Spock took a step forward so the animal could see him better in the faint light.

A small growl reached Spock’s ears and he stopped moving. The coyote lifted its nose and Spock could hear the sniffing. Slowly the animal stood back up and cocked its head to the side. A quick yip and in the barn a horse whinnied.

The coyote took a tentative step closer, nose still sniffing furiously. Slowly it moved towards Spock. He turned a hand to face it palm out. He kept calm as a cold nose touched him. A longer sniff and to his surprise the animal sat down in front of him.

Spock blinked. The moon came out from behind a cloud. In the extra light he could see the coyote better. A slight smile crossed his face.

“You are the pup Dr. McCoy and Scotty brought in last year,” Spock said quietly. “You have recovered well.”

The coyote nudged his palm again.

“I am glad to see you have survived,” Spock continued. “May you live long, but this is not a place for you to hunt.”

With another quick yip the coyote suddenly ran away. Spock watched it run, satisfied that he had helped the animal the year before and that it had prospered.

“Where have you been, Spock?” Jim asked as Spock entered the house.

“Taking care of our coyote problem.”

Jim frowned at him, but nodded.

[unagidevi]

WHIMSICAL DREAMSWAP - JUSTICE REIGNS

Finch is the first design of the captain uniform- the coat isn't needed but he has it anyways. Dream will get a dumbed down verison as well, since Ink has a civilian design so Dream must get one too.

Finch is a forest elf, Ink is a Western Rat Snake and Dream is a horned barn owl.

The uniforms for Whimsical Dreamswap Justice Reigns are below:

[olderthannetfic]

Haha. Yeah, a lot of these are from similar parts of fandom, so if you don't hang out there, they'd sound very unfamiliar.

Here's a quick attempt at a breakdown. Some of these have multiple media types.

Anime/Manga:

Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku - BNHA

Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic - BNHA

Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou - BNHA

Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku - BNHA

Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku - BNHA

Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto - BNHA

Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Takami Keigo | Hawks - BNHA

Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto - BNHA

Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya - Bungou Stray Dogs

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi - Bungou Stray Dogs

Miya Atsumu/Sakusa Kiyoomi - Haikyuu!!

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou - Haikyuu!!

Mikage Reo/Nagi Seishirou - Blue Lock

Getou Suguru/Gojo Satoru - Jujutsu Kaisen

Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto - Naruto

Roronoa Zoro/Sanji - One Piece

Mitsui Hisashi/Miyagi Ryota - Slam Dunk

Other Animation:

Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak - South Park

Kyle Broflovski/Stan Marsh - South Park

Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug - Miraculous Ladybug

Amity Blight/Luz Noceda - The Owl House

Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Books:

Sirius Black/Remus Lupin - HP

Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter - HP

Regulus Black/James Potter - HP

Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy - HP

James Potter/Lily Evans Potter - HP

Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley - HP

Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley - HP

Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort - HP

Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson - Percy Jackson

Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard - All For The Game - Nora Sakavic

Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck - Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo

Kim Dokja/Yoo Joonghyuk - Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong

BL/Danmei:

Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú) - Heaven Official's Blessing

Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn - MDZS/The Untamed

Porchay Pichaya Kittisawat/Kim Khimhant Theerapanyakun - KinnPorsche

Pete Phongsakorn Saengtham/Vegas Kornwit Theerapanyakun - KinnPorsche

RPF:

k-pop:

Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V - BTS

Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin - BTS

Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin - BTS

Kim Namjoon | RM/Kim Seokjin | Jin - BTS

Han Jisung | Han/Lee Minho | Lee Know - Stray Kids

Bang Chan/Lee Felix (Stray Kids) - Stray Kids

Choi Soobin/Choi Yeonjun - TXT

other music:

Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson - 1D

minecraft streamers:

Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit

Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson | Philza

Clay | Dream/GeorgeNotFound (Video Blogging RPF)

Technoblade & TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF)

Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit

Technoblade & Phil Watson | Philza

Video games:

John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley - CoD

Simon "Ghost" Riley/Reader - CoD

Sans/Sans (Undertale) - Undertale

Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate) - Baldur's Gate 3

Alhaitham/Kaveh (Genshin Impact) - Genshin Impact

Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact) - Genshin Impact

Cyno/Tighnari (Genshin Impact) - Genshin Impact

Blade/Dan Heng (Honkai: Star Rail) - Honkai: Star Rail

Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) - Legend of Zelda

Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist - Persona 5

Kamishiro Rui/Tenma Tsukasa - Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE!

Western superheroes:

Dick Grayson & Jason Todd - Batman

Tim Drake & Jason Todd - Batman

Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne - Batman

James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers - MCU

Peter Parker & Tony Stark - MCU

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - MCU

James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader - MCU

Miguel O'Hara/Reader - Spiderverse movies

Western live action:

Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV) - 9-1-1

Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) - Good Omens

Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens) - Good Omens

Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter - Hannibal

Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring - Heartstopper

Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen - House of the Dragon

Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen/Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra) - House of the Dragon

Lucy Carlyle/Anthony Lockwood - Lockwood & Co.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) - Merlin

Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet - Our Flag Means Death

Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands - Our Flag Means Death

Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor - Red, White & Royal Blue

Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling - The Sandman

Sherlock Holmes/John Watson - Sherlock

Castiel/Dean Winchester - Supernatural

Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester - Supernatural

Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester - Supernatural

Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren - Star Wars

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker - Star Wars

Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson - Stranger Things

Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler - Stranger Things

Will Byers/Mike Wheeler - Stranger Things

Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington - Stranger Things

Olivia Benson/Elliot Stabler - Law & Order: SVU

Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski - Teen Wolf

Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us) - The Last of Us

Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen - The Rookie

Wednesday Addams/Enid Sinclair - Wednesday

Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion - The Witcher

[thepinkowlet]

Duck's Hotel Maid 🦉🫖

Maid: Albino western barn owl (Tyto alba)

Drink: Rooibos tea - Marzipan

Duck: Female torrent duck (Merganetta armata)

[leadshootingcupid]

If you could be any animal, what animal would you want to be?

Hm.. I'm fine as is, really. Human is a pretty nice thing to be if ya look at nature, ya know.

Anyhow, s'posin' that wasn't yer question, I'd wanna go with bein' a western barn owl. 'Specially since those will also hunt durin' the day sometimes.