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Pacific Screech Owl
Stanley Jones

Pacific Screech Owl (Megascops cooperi)

Pacific Screech Owl (Megascops cooperi cooperi)
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Habitat
Gardens and disturbed Pacific tropical dry forest; foothills of Volcán Rincón de la Vieja at ca. 543 m (1,782 ft) elevation.
Location
Hacienda Guachipelin, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Date taken
July 2023
Scientific name
Megascops cooperi
Equipment used
Canon
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Reactions: aloktewari, Э́ллин, rkj and 5 others
TGNWest
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Stanley, while my wife and I were enjoying our 7th anniversary in western Montana, we stayed in a lodge near the Lolo National Forest, and we had some species of screech owl right outside near our window, we couldn't see it but we certainly could hear it.
 
bievreJJ
fantastic portrait of this attractive owl, Stanley, love that inquisitive look on its face, a real wowzer, many tfs!!
 
jbpixels
Are you sure where you took it? I am sure you visited a zoo. :ROFLMAO:
Well spotted. Excellent close-up of this owl.
 

Media information

Category
Central & South America & Mexico
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
276
Comment count
12

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
4000
Filename
Pacific Scrrech Owl, Guachipelin Lodge, Guanacaste, Costa Rica-SharpenAI-focus-SharpenAI-focus.jpg
File size
2.1 MB
Date taken
Sat, 08 July 2023 11:38 AM
Dimensions
840px x 1024px

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