{"id":171981,"date":"2022-02-25T09:15:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/natures-corner-the-neat-african-scops-owl\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T09:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:15:44","slug":"natures-corner-the-neat-african-scops-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/natures-corner-the-neat-african-scops-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature\u2019s Corner \u2013 The neat African Scops Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This African scops owl (<em>Otus sengalensis<\/em>) grooming itself and calling now and again, was observed at Afsaal Picnic Spot in the Kruger National Park. African scops owls are small, grey, nocturnal owls with striking white faces, surrounded by black edging, and long, prominent ear-tufts. Their eyes are yellow. They have the largest ear openings of any scops owl. Their size ranges from 19 cm to 24cm with a wingspan of 45 cm. Insects are their main source of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The footage has once again been provided by Katie and Andr\u00e9 of Two-V Productions. We thank them for their great videos. Please subscribe to their YouTube channel and follow their <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/OpVlerke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook <\/a>page. Books in their <em>Op Vlerke<\/em> series can be ordered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kraaluitgewers.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kraal Uitgewers <\/a>and should be available in the shops in the rest camps of the Kruger National Park soon. Number four in the series is available now! Please note that the books are published in Afrikaans only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"African Scops Owl at Afsaal Picnic Spot, calling ... prrup-prrrup, prrup-prrrup ... then scratches\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5Nm_uPkPWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/natures-corner-beloved-giant-finds-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nature\u2019s corner \u2013 Beloved giant finds peace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This African scops owl (Otus sengalensis) grooming itself and calling now and again, was observed at Afsaal Picnic Spot in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":171983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[804,805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-what-to-watch"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":804,"label":"Entertainment"},{"value":805,"label":"What to watch"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WW_NaturesCorner-1-1024x683.png",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"AfriForum W\u00eareldwyd","author_link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/author\/dune-vanwykafriforum-co-za\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":804,"name":"Entertainment","slug":"entertainment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":804,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":149,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":804,"category_count":149,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Entertainment","category_nicename":"entertainment","category_parent":0},{"term_id":805,"name":"What to watch","slug":"what-to-watch","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":805,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":804,"count":70,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":805,"category_count":70,"category_description":"","cat_name":"What to watch","category_nicename":"what-to-watch","category_parent":804}],"tag_info":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WW_NaturesCorner-1.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WW_NaturesCorner-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}