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Topic Categories: Birding • Education • Mystery Birds • Ornithology • Photography • Teaching
Posted on: March 1, 2009 9:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: Eastern Screech-Owl, Otus asio, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Rufous morph Eastern Screech-Owl, Otus asio, photographed at near Beaver Creek Nature area in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Terry Sohl, 11 June 2006.
Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Comments
A red morph Eastern Screech Owl. One of my favorite birds and one which brings back fond memories as a teenager imitating their calls at night and being astonished as they responded and flew in to investigate me.
What a beautiful photo, btw.
Posted by: JohnB | March 1, 2009 10:44 AM
Archimedes.
Posted by: blf | March 1, 2009 11:02 AM
I don't know, but it's gorgeous.
Posted by: Lilian Nattel | March 1, 2009 1:21 PM
It reminds me of the tropical screech-owl in Suriname and as I just bought the book of David Sibley, I see I have to watch for the green bill to give it a name: eastern screech-owl. What a beautiful book (and bird)
Posted by: Jan Hein | March 1, 2009 4:31 PM
I have no idea... but does anyone of you have an idea what this might be?
http://johanneslochmann.blogspot.com/2009/03/help-me-do-identify-this-mystery-bird.html
Posted by: Johannes Lochmann | March 2, 2009 9:32 AM