So, any ornithologists out there? What sort of owls are these? I'm too lazy to look it up.
PS. Owls always make me laugh, ever since I learned that one of the original (rejected) names for Monty Python's Flying Circus was "Owl-stretching time." That name was later used as an episode title. It still brings a smile to my face.
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spotted owls? save a logger, eat a spotted owl.
Looks like a Long-eared Owl to me.
If they had a white "bib" and a rounder face, I'd think Great Horned Owl, but these look like Long-Eared to me.
About 16 inches tall (rather than 25")?
I also think Long-Eared Owl.
I have no idea what kind of owl's these are, I just wanted to say how cool it is to see nature first hand like that especially outside a classroom! I have a new friend I visit near my house who is a beaver (and no, not the naughty kind) and it has renewed my sense of awe in nature. Amazing.
I recently learned that in Mandarin, an owl is a "cat-headed eagle." Which I think is lovely.
http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Asio&species=otus
also looks like long eared, but I'm not an orni
Long-eared - I've been lucky enough to treat one of these birds at work - flew into a car and sustained head trauma. You haven't seen anisocoria until you're seen owl anisocoria. It's amazing what mannitol, analgesics and time in a dark, quiet, warm cage can do for an owl.
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