A mistle thrush ().
A mistle thrush ().
The poet Propertius refers to a philtre containing snake bones, a toad, and the feathers of a screech-owl.
“Looks like an Eastern Screech Owl. Nice sighting!”
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A British regional dialect name for the mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus), a large thrush known for its loud, piercing song that it delivers even in stormy weather. The name captures the bird's most distinctive quality — its shrill, insistent call. Like many dialect bird names, it has largely been replaced by the standard English name.
(UK, regional) The mistle thrush.
(archaic, UK) A swift.
Looks like an eastern screech owl, they have several of them at ZooTampa and I’m always surprised at how tiny they are.
“A little something for your morning: (to me it appears to be an eastern screech owl, a relatively tiny ≈10 inch bird)”
“Looks like an eastern screech owl, they have several of them at ZooTampa and I’m always surprised at how tiny they are.”
“Shhhh...I'm sleeping... Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings”
“By playing recordings of screech owl calls and showing nature videos, we keep Errol mentally active and visually engaged through enrichment. For Errol, screen time is not just something to watch, it is a way to stay curious, responsive, and mentally healthy.”
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(UK) A , of species , found almost worldwide.
And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.
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Any New World owl of genus .
The screech owls winter in the north and are distinctly farsighted in preparing for winter.
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