Owlcaholic; Bird photography and drawing; Owl Club; Powerful Owl Project; Bird banding; also biomaths, machine learning, bio-imaging; Brisbane, Australiahttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mvhddaivjs26There are Tawny Frogmouths nesting on my street! Here's the male on the nest this afternoon. The males usually do the egg sitting during the day. This is going to be fun to watch, Frogmouths chicks are such muppets. #NotAnOwl #brisbane #birds #wildoz14 Sep 2026 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhddaivjs26https://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mv7b52waw22rPowerful Owlet stretching its wings. Even its sibling seems surprised. #brisbane #birds #wildoz11 Sep 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7b52waw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3muswccj7nc2eAnother of the warm Powerful Owlet from 2 days ago. We checked on it yesterday and it was fine. It was roosting about 50m away in a tree with its sibling, and one of its parents was in the next tree. #brisbane #birds #wildoz06 Sep 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muswccj7nc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3muq6rptzus24Not too sure what this Powerful Owlet was up to yesterday. But it may have been trying to cool itself down. 33C was a ridiculous temperature for the 4th day of spring in Brisbane. #brisbane #birds #wildoz05 Sep 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq6rptzus24https://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mu2knu2jjk2dSleeping Powerful Owl #brisbane #birds #wildoz27 Aug 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2knu2jjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mturpjz2y22qOne of the parents of the Powerful Owlet was roosting a few metres away in another tree. #brisbane #birds #wildoz25 Aug 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mturpjz2y22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mturivvmqc2rPowerful Owlet in a suburban Brisbane park this morning. I couldn't see its sibling, but hopefully it was just tucked away nearby. #brisbane #birds #wildoz25 Aug 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mturivvmqc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mtrx7ymvqs2rPowerful Owlet holding a piece of bark. In 5 years of monitoring Powerful Owls we've never seen one holding a non-prey item before. Weird. Sometimes in the evening you'll see the Owlets practicing attacking branches and vines, sometimes even flying with them, but not this. #brisbane #birds #wildoz23 Aug 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrx7ymvqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mtfkxzogr22cPowerful Owlet this morning in a suburban Brisbane park. This is one of a new family of Powerful Owls we found almost 3 weeks ago for the first time. #brisbane #birds #wildoz19 Aug 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfkxzogr22chttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mtdar3wu5c2qThe newly-fledged Powerful Owlet sleeping in the rain this morning. It was in the next tree to the hollow tree and about 20m up, so its flying must be OK. They have very short tails at this age which we speculate make steering a bit tricky. #brisbane #birds #wildoz18 Aug 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdar3wu5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mtclmu6a4k2zPowerful Owlet in a Brisbane park last night leaving the hollow it hatched in and taking its first hop fly. You can hear its mama bleating to the Owlet as she watches on from nearby. It'll not return to the hollow. #brisbane #birds #wildoz17 Aug 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtclmu6a4k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mszvrdjpyk2nA new Powerful Owlet looking out of a previously unknown nest hollow. And then as I was watching the Owlet and its parents, fireflies began surrounding me and the nest tree. A good night out.14 Aug 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszvrdjpyk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3msuutq5joc2nI'm really looking forward to doing Powerful Owl pellet analysis with @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social and Andrew Dinwoodie from @birdlifeoz.bsky.social with the Grade 5s from Tamborine Mountain College tomorrow. They get so excited when they find a possum jaw or a bat claw in their pellet.12 Aug 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuutq5joc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3msr2ch2kys2nIt is astonishing how quickly when out of the hollow the Owlets switch from a look of slightly overwhelmed worry to one of very centred intentness. #brisbane #birds #wildoz10 Aug 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr2ch2kys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3msoxksqqfc24The Papa of the Powerful Owlet asleep about 3m away. #brisbane #birds #wildoz10 Aug 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoxksqqfc24https://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3msoxgw7kys24Peaking Powerful Owlet #brisbane #birds #wildoz10 Aug 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoxgw7kys24https://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3msekzy2wls2sThe Powerful Owlet looking like it was thinking about fledging two nights before. It waited one more night. #brisbane #birds #wildoz05 Aug 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3msekzy2wls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3msej7c7mps22Powerful Owlet on its 1st day in the sun having fledged from the hollow the previous night. In the evening the adult female went to the hollow & came out with a Ringtail Possum tail. This is super interesting as we're not aware of Powerful Owls being known to cache food in the hollow. #birds #wildoz05 Aug 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3msej7c7mps22https://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3ms7wqylmmk2oThe older sibling of the new Powerful Owlet. #brisbane #birds #wildoz04 Aug 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7wqylmmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3ms7jypecoc2mA new Powerful Owlet! 2 weeks ago at this location, there had been one Owlet, but there must have been another one hiding in the tree hollow as today there were 2. #brisbane #birds #wildoz03 Aug 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7jypecoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mrvxya53yk2yChecking on the Powerful Owlet that fledged on the 4th of July ("Jefferson", also showed interest in airplanes) it was the classic "that's some really good scat on the ground", looks up, "Oh." #brisbane #birds #wildoz31 Jul 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvxya53yk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mrvfmsfj6k2nA new Powerful Owl family! About 4 years ago, a friend mentioned her friend had heard a Powerful Owl from her house. These proved very elusive over the years, and we'd pretty much given up on them thinking that they had perhaps been hunting and didn't live there ... #brisbane #birds #wildoz30 Jul 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvfmsfj6k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mrnsnlpzwk2iPowerful Owlet in a Brisbane park this morning. The family of 4 POwls were all in the same tree still quite close to the nest hollow, but it's quite a busy park so each breeding season the adults move the new Owlets to a quieter bit of bush nearby. That hasn't happened yet. #brisbane #birds #wildoz27 Jul 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnsnlpzwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mredi2cc4c2zMale Powerful Owl asleep at dusk yesterday. He and his partner have an Owlet in a nearby hollow that should emerge in the next week or so. #brisbane #birds #wildoz24 Jul 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mredi2cc4c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mrbe4vehec2jPowerful Owl pair in suburban Brisbane this morning, female with a Ringtail. Though the female went into the tree hollow for almost 2 weeks, breeding didn't work out. Hopefully they have better luck next year. #brisbane #birds #wildoz22 Jul 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbe4vehec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mr23ftdbjk2xA new Powerful Owlet yesterday that fledged out of the hollow the previous night! It was roosting in the same tree as its parents (the brown blur to the left is its mama). This seems to be a very successful Powerful Owl pair, making two new Owlets every year like clockwork. #brisbane #birds #wildoz20 Jul 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr23ftdbjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mquyfkiqss2aA new Powerful Owlet! This was from a newly-found-this-year pair & nest hollow. Its floofy front seems quite brown ... not sure if it's an unusual morph or bathing in brackish water. From the feather development it looks like it may have been out of the hollow for a while #brisbane #birds #wildoz18 Jul 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquyfkiqss2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mqkzbqbapc2rFloofed-up Powerful Owlet #brisbane #birds #wildoz14 Jul 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkzbqbapc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mqkv25hn2s2bWhen you find a lot of whitewash on the ground, always look up. The Powerful Owlets mama was in the next creek down the gully. #brisbane #birds #wildoz13 Jul 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkv25hn2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/doktrnick.bsky.social/post/3mq6t5tpcbk24Checking in today on the Powerful Owlet that fledged from the hollow on 4th July it seemed to be doing well and was high up in a gum tree about 6m away from its mama. #brisbane #birds #wildoz09 Jul 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:xf4orjryj7hs5iofc7pyxcsu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6t5tpcbk24