Asio otus
tags: birds, Long-earned Owl, Asio otus, ornithology, Image of the Day
Okay, I have to brag a little bit. I have been invited to Manhattan, Kansas, to go birding with Dave Rintoul and his ornithology students for one week at the end of March. I am almost beside myself with excitement right now as I look through Dave's many bird images -- which remind me of my own years of springtime birding on the west coast of this country. How I miss those days, and those birds!
This is the fourth image in this series of Dave's beautiful pictures. The strange long-eared owls are one of my most favorite owl…