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yumik · Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 13:56

Hello,
I am new on the forum, I address you to be able to identify a bird of prey.
For some weeks I can admire it going hunting at the end of the day on a ground in Normandy. I thought of a Short-eared owl because of the diurnal customs but by looking at photos on Google I am not any more if on, the problem it is that I do not see which the other owl could do.
Here is one photo to help you to identify it is not very net but she allows of to guess characteristic of the bird of prey

birdboybowley · Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 14:00

It's a Long-eared Owl - nice birds!
Welcome to BF Yumik

maltese falcon · Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 14:06

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Originally Posted by birdboybowley

It's a Long-eared Owl - nice birds!
Welcome to BF Yumik

agreed. WELCOME TO BIRDFORUM

yumik · Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 14:51

Are you on? Because when it flies one do not see ears. What is the Latin name?
Thank you for your answers

birdboybowley · Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 14:54

You'll only see the ears at rest, especially when it's alarmed.
Latin name Asio otus

yumik · Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 15:07

Thank you birdboybowley, effectively it seems to correspond to a Asio otus

Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 13:56	#1
yumik Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris Posts: 6	Identification of an owl Hello, I am new on the forum, I address you to be able to identify a bird of prey. For some weeks I can admire it going hunting at the end of the day on a ground in Normandy. I thought of a Short-eared owl because of the diurnal customs but by looking at photos on Google I am not any more if on, the problem it is that I do not see which the other owl could do. Here is one photo to help you to identify it is not very net but she allows of to guess characteristic of the bird of prey Attached Thumbnails

Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 14:00	#2
birdboybowley Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: W Sussex, England Posts: 6,215 My location	It's a Long-eared Owl - nice birds! Welcome to BF Yumik __________________ "...Bureaucracy is a parasite that preys on free thought and suffocates free spirit..." Douglas Adams www.adambowleyart.com

Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 14:54	#5
birdboybowley Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: W Sussex, England Posts: 6,215 My location	You'll only see the ears at rest, especially when it's alarmed. Latin name Asio otus __________________ "...Bureaucracy is a parasite that preys on free thought and suffocates free spirit..." Douglas Adams www.adambowleyart.com

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Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 14:51	#4
yumik Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris Posts: 6	Are you on? Because when it flies one do not see ears. What is the Latin name? Thank you for your answers

Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 15:07	#6
yumik Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris Posts: 6	Thank you birdboybowley, effectively it seems to correspond to a Asio otus

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