Profile of Australia's largest owl - the Powerful Owl

This video takes a look at the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), just one of Australia's many amazing owl species. Being the largest owl in Australia it captures the imagination of anyone who has the fortune to observe it. Birds in Backyards is running a project looking at the how the species is surviving in our urban centres, focusing on Sydney and surrounds. Refer to the Birds in Backyards website http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/Powerful-Owl-Project for more information. Filmed in Powerful Owl territories throughout Sydney. SUBSCRIBE! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=birdsinbackyards

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1. Thanks for the info! I saw one of these absolutely magnificent creatures last night! I'm a massive bird lover but I have never seen such a huge bird. It was on the road and I first thought it was a dog but stopped when I realised it wasn't, as I thought it was injured. It then flew away and it's wingspan was amazing!
2. I think I had Powerful Owl roosting in a large eucalypt  outside our bedroom ( Saratoga /Central coast) last nightVery unusual loud, sad ,mournful noise -  single not double notes.
3. A very nice presentation. No talking down to us.
4. Interesting, I think there is one nesting end of Elkhorn Drive, Tewantin Qld (not seen the bird but hear the sounds every night.
5. I think he just landed on my terrace at Yamba, curled up like a very large cat away from the storm .. he fled as I got my camera ..
6. Very educational. Our property backs onto Brisbane Water National Park which has all the habitat elements mentioned. We have an owl we often see swooping during its night feed. I say see, as we certainly do not hear it ... really mazing at how silent they are when the fly. I do not know what type of owl it is, but I estimate it is about 50-60cm long - so could even be a Powerful Owl! It makes the Bushcare work that a small local group of us do all the more compelling. Thanks for the viddo and the great work BIBY does :-)
7. All I know is I heard this screaming sound outside and something was ripping the flyingfoxs apart. Looked up on the roof and there was this massive black figure with glow red eye I crapped big time it was an owl but it bad the 2 bat ears so not sure which one it was but 60cm long sounds about right. Thought he might carry me off so went inside Lol!
8. We had a POWERFUL OWL in our area this week. He or she rested in a tree during the day. This link leads to a photo of it https://www.facebook.com/PetDirectory/photos/a.126420725554.129181.101540755554/10153834890330555/?type=3
9. I found this video really interesting. We have often heard the double hoot here and wondered which owl was making it. We have had pet ducks for a few years now and had the powerful owl visit us many times since then. We have sighted it twice, but found signs it had visited many more times including finding a huge feather. I was surprised that it had eaten a carpet python one night, almost certainly with a rat or small mammal in it's belly (not sure if that was the appeal).
10. Good video, just watched it to check the call of the owl sitting in the Eucalyptus citriadora in my backyard, been hoot hooting for the past half hour and I could get a good look as the headtorch didn't seem to phase it at all.  I've heard its call in the distance the past few weeks but hadn't seen it up close.  Would it be calling for its mate?
11. Hi, great video, Can i ask has anyone heard of a Powerful Owl trying to take a small dog for prey? reason i ask is something has my mums dog very scared of a night time, i've never heard a HooT, but something with what must be a massive wing span does fly off when i go outside from time to time, never got a sight of it though. I know they are in the Area (back of Coffs Harbour) , any ideas? thanks!
12. Hi, thanks for this informative video! I have always had a great appreciation for owls and I hope to learn more about them.
    You mentioned a few times in the video that "old mature hollowed trees" are important to the powerful owls survival.
    Sorry if this is a silly question: but can you either "hollow or bore" holes into larger trees to create these potential nesting holes? Or alternatively cut a section of old tree, hollow that out and fix it/nail it into another tree? (Kind of like a cubby house)
    Would things like this work? Or has it been tried?
    
13. Great video,I have lived backing on to a bush reserve here in Sydneys Northern beache(Allambie Hts) for 24 years,and have loved the birdlife ,including owls,but last night heard the loudest Hoot Hoot I have ever heard,I stood on my balcony and ,what Im sure was a Powerful owl flew from my gum tree towards the reserve,it was HUGE and had the biggest wing span I have ever seen,the noise of of flying was incredible,such a great experience.
14. this is asome do antoer one
15. Some amazing footage! Thank you
16. Magnificent birds, was lucky enough to see one today in the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens where they are sometimes seen roosting during the day!
17. Hi Thanks for sharing your videos.
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    Keith @ Worldbirds.eu
    Brilliant.
    Wish you every success. 
18. Well done - excellent video and information.
19. Rufus owl is my fave
20. Wouldn't enjoy a handshake from that owl! Whew powerful talons.