Mystery Bird: Eastern Screech-Owl, Otus asio

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[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.

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