asio otus

I spotted this long-eared owl from my front room sofa (!). The windows face a cul-de-sac which is a very quiet alley in a small-town environment. It was there for two days only. This photo was taken on a cold and frosty morning, the owl roosting in the first soft rays of light. Peaceful.

Hibou moyen-duc Asio otus Long-eared Owl

click of December 2015 in the middle Novara city I hope it's Popularity Canon 7D + Canon 400 f / 5.6 L USM 1/160 sec, ISO640, f / 7.1 Processing with Canon DPP and GIMP

We had a group of 10+ birds at a winter roost during our winter birding trip along the Bulgarian Black sea coast. The weather was pretty overcast so the birds were flying around at day time. Great experience. "it's been a long time since I've seen these" commented one of our guests of...

We found this bird hunting rodents during the noon in a cloudy day. A rather unusual behaviour for this species.

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It's always fun to watch an owl rotate its head almost 180 degrees without any movement of the body.

The Northern Long-eared Owl is one of only 2 Asio species seen in North America, and is not often seen during the day. It hunts for rodents in open areas (here on a fence post near a pasture) and usually remains well concealed during daylight hours.