Owl Collection (page 6)

Collection of stuffed birds
Case of stuffed bird specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Ninox novaseelandiae, morepork
Ff. 39. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Strix fulva and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Catching A Tartar
Plate 17 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Strix varia, barred owl
Plate 46 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Glaucidium radiatum, jungle owlet
Plate 3, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Bubo virginianus, great-horned owl
Plate 61 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Aegolius funereus, Tengmalms owl
Plate 380 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Surnia ulula, northern hawk-owl
Plate 378 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Asio otus, long-eared owl
Plate 383 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Nephrite owl carving
Stages in carving an owl in nephrite. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite

Strix nebulosa, great grey owl
Close-up photograph of a great grey owl (Strix nebulosa), which can be found from Scandinavia across Siberia to Sakhalin, Alaska, Canada, and parts of the nothwestern United States

Swooping owl weathervane 2011

Ayuthaya ruins - Thailand - Ruins many ancient ruins scattered about in the jungle. Saw a large prang with some interesting carving

The Dead Tree. Things you might find in and around a dead tree include a dove, an owl, a bat, a pigeon or even a field mouse

Feeding the birds in winter

Unidentified cartoons

Great Eagle owl, Horn owl and Little Horn owl. From: The ornithology of Francis Willughby. Date: 1678

Woodland animals find an old car

Tiger, Lion and other animals

Nursery animals playing in wood

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Date: 1808

Bullfinch and horned owl. Print shows a horned owl and two bulfinches perched on branches in a tree. Date 1790

Jay and owl. Print shows an owl and a jay perched on branches in a tree. Date 1790

Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying Mail, and Owl Trains, on time. Date c1876. Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying Mail

A witch sits by her cauldron surrounded by wildlife: a raven sit on top of her armchair, an owl perches in the beams, a tortoise and fish (presumably alive no more) dangle from the ceiling

Donkey and owl at night
A donkey and owl alone together in the night, the crescent moon and stars shining down on them in this tranquil scene. 1925

Birds on a tree
Many varieties of birds, including an owl, perch on the bare branches of a tree. 1925

Owl Weathervane
A quaint and amusing owl weathevane at Kippford, Kirkoudbrightshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Jorinda as Owl (1)

Pinocchio & the Doctors
The doctors - a crow, an owl and a talking cricket - visit Pinocchio in bed Date: First published: 1880

Jorinda as Owl (2)
Jorinda transformed into owl.an

Owl and Grasshopper

Medieval Fireplace
A medieval group gather around (and warm their hands at) a fireplace. One man has an owl on his arm. A rather unfortunate stork and her young nest in the chimney. Date: 1338-1344

Swan Lake ballet, the unfortunate girls become swans again
Siegfried and Odette are about to embrace when the evil Rotbart disguised as a large owl appears, and the unfortunate girls become swans again

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Wit - owl
An owl to wit. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a wit, from a candle, via a porcupine and owl

The Witch, fancy dress
Fancy dress costume suggestion for 1884. To go as a Witch it is suggested to wear a quilted petticoat touching the ground, a chintz tunic open at the front and bunched up, a muslin apron

Studies of barn owls, and the head of another bird of prey

Sketches of a barn owl in different positions

A snowy owl on a rocky outcrop

Eagle Owl Bubo Bubo
Eagle Owl (Bubo Bubo)

A pair of long-eared owls, one large, one small, inside a shallow alcove in Paradise Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall. The long-eared owl is medium-sized

Close-up of a Snowy Owl
A close-up of a Snowy Owl in Paradise Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall. The Snowy Owl is a large, diurnal white owl with a rounded head, yellow eyes and black bill

A pair of young Little Owls. This small owl was introduced to the UK in the 19th century. It can be seen in the daylight, usually perching on a tree branch, telegraph pole or rock

Snowy Owl hunting a Hare
A Snowy Owl swoops to catch an Arctic Hare in its talons. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Mexicali - Baja, Lower California, Mexico - Owl Bar
The interior of the Owl Bar at Mexicali - Baja, Lower California, Mexico. On the Mexico / US border. There is a rather distinct demarkation between the women and the men to the left

Lear / Nonsense / Man & Owl
There was an Old Man with a owl, who continued to bother and howl; He sat on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale, which refreshed that Old Man and his owl

Light through the trees and a perched Little Owl
Hazy mid-afternoon light falls through two large trees, sat in the middle of a classic English countryside scene of rolling fields and low distant hills

Little Owl perched on a branch
A Little Owl (Athene noctua) perched on a branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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