Photo by Miki (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLike other owls, the Blakiston’s Fish Owl is a hunter but instead of chasing after mice and voles, they prefer to go fishing.\u00a0 I know that it is shocking that the Fish Owl likes to eat fish… I probably should have warned you about this incredible surprise.\u00a0 Typically their seafood preference is for pike, catfish, trout and of course the ever tasty, salmon. The Blakiston’s Fish Owl has two different hunting strategies for catching these fish. No, they don’t hop in the boat with their fishing gear and sit out on the water all day.\u00a0 Instead this Fish Owl will wade out in the shallow water looking for a scrumptious snack.\u00a0 Alternatively, they will just perch themselves on a tree near the waters edge and simply wait for movement.\u00a0 This really isn’t fair for the fish since they won’t even get to see their attacker swooping in.<\/p>\n
Blakiston’s Fish Owl Fast Fact – <\/strong>Unfortunately this magnificent bird is endangered as a result of habitat destruction.\u00a0 I guess this is what happens when you live in prime real estate with a river or lake view.\u00a0 Development along lakes and rivers including hydro dams are basically evicting our feathered friends from their homes.<\/p>\nLook at that, another Wild Fact down and only one more to go for the week.\u00a0 Time sure flies when you are having fun.\u00a0 See all of you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy Thursday Everyone! I trust all of you are enjoying the week so far and are ready to learn about an cool bird called the Blakiston’s Fish Owl.\u00a0 This particular owl is obviously a fish owl which just happens to be specialized in hunting riparian areas (the area around waterbodies).\u00a0 This is great news for us as this means we get to spend the day on the banks of some pretty sweet lakes and rivers.\u00a0 Hmmm… I think I might bring my fishing rod for today’s Wild Fact field trip. The Blakiston’s Fish Owl just might be the largest owl <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1764,1766,1765,1767,4025,1768,386],"yoast_head":"\n
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