Are there any other twitchers on the forum who can confirm we have owls in Tenerife?

diana · 24th June 2007, 13:11

My friends said they saw an owl in there back garden one night last week, are there any twitchers out there who can confirm that and are there any bird books relevant to the island for future ref?

old golfer · 24th June 2007, 16:29

Yes, there are Owls on Tenerife the Bird watchers forum Here read down articles and it will substantiate the sightings...

gladders · 25th June 2007, 17:27

We have seen an owl occasionally in Aguilas Del Teide. We also have a chaffinch which flies into the house quite often and just sits on the table before leaving. The bird population behind my house is very much like my old garden in England. Blackbirds, wrens, sparrows , bluetits and of course we get kestrals and the occasional eagle landing on the roof, much more tenerifian

apartment man · 25th June 2007, 17:48

there are loads owls at jungle park i think as well

Andy0210 · 26th June 2007, 02:19

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Originally Posted by gladders

We have seen an owl occasionally in Aguilas Del Teide. We also have a chaffinch which flies into the house quite often and just sits on the table before leaving. The bird population behind my house is very much like my old garden in England. Blackbirds, wrens, sparrows , bluetits and of course we get kestrals and the occasional eagle landing on the roof, much more tenerifian

Hi Gladders, whereabouts do you live to get all those?

Cuppy Cake · 26th June 2007, 02:21

I heard the sound of an Owl in Los Cristianos last week, and thought I was hearing things, but my mom head it too. Couldn't find it though. Odd.

Romany · 26th June 2007, 11:14

Good Morning Diana.
We have a pair of owls at San Francisco, just outside of Puerto Santiago. The wingspan is approx three feet and they stand about 16 to 18 inches high. Don't know what sort they are but they are quite human friendly as they roost on the gate posts outside our apartment. Last night I guess they were courting as they made quite a lot of noise. We also had wrens nesting in a ficus tree in the garden this year.

woody · 30th June 2007, 00:48

Yep there are owls here on the island - one flew straight into our car windscreen in the early hours going up the TF1 so there's one less now plus a rather alarmed passenger

who saw it coming straight at them!

Cazten · 30th June 2007, 01:03

Yep. Can definately confirm the owl thing. We have a white owl, that regularly swoops past our window.