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eastern screech-owl

  1. Eastern Screech-Owl

    Eastern Screech-Owl

    Red morph - something of a rarity in this part of Ontario (all my previous sightings have been Grey morph). Found during my 2023 fall visit and showed (sometimes with a Grey morph bird) well off and on during the day and evening becoming a very well watched bird by birders, photographers and...
    • C B Allen
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    • Category: North America
  2. Eastern Screech-Owl

    Eastern Screech-Owl

    Appearing to scowl disapprovingly, this is a gray morph adult roosting very high near the boardwalk.
    • jmorlan
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  3. Eastern Screech-Owl

    Eastern Screech-Owl

    We returned to the boardwalk where we found this recently fledged juvenile Eastern Screech-Owl. Note the wispy down feathers attached to the tips of contour feathers giving this bird a decidedly fluffy appearance. Also the well barred pattern of the underparts is typical of juveniles. The two...
    • jmorlan
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    • Category: North America
  4. Eastern Screech-Owl

    Eastern Screech-Owl

    This small widespread owl occurs in two distinct color morphs. The most common is gray but some such as this are reddish in color. This is the first red morph screech-owl that I have seen. This is the nominate race "M. a. asio" in which about a third of the adults are red morph. Formerly...
    • jmorlan
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  5. Eastern Screech-Owl

    Eastern Screech-Owl

    The Eastern Screech-Owl made an appearance again this morning at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
    • Proavis
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    • Category: North America
  6. Eastern Screech-Owl

    Eastern Screech-Owl

    An Eastern Screech-Owl perched on a palm frond at Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
    • Proavis
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  7. Three

    Three

    I had to ask ... Mr Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
    • ecoguy
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    • Category: North America
  8. Eastern Screech-owl

    Eastern Screech-owl

    A second shot of the screech-owl from yesterdays outing. Heading back up today to try to get some additional shots.
    • gophish
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    • Category: North America
  9. Eastern Screech-owl

    Eastern Screech-owl

    A friend emailed me Saturday nite that he had found an Eastern Screech-owl in a hole in a tree just off a rural road north of where I live. I went up on sunday and met my friend just to find that the owl was no longer there. We then thought that it had just been hunkering down during the...
    • gophish
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    • Category: North America
  10. Owls serie : Eastern Screech 7

    Owls serie : Eastern Screech 7

    I'm turning crazy in love with those beauties! We explored new places from my area each week and found new one. Tonight, we got 12 more. This shot was lighten with a spot (no fired flash)
    • Marcel Gauthier
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    • eastern screech-owl
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  11. Owls serie : Eastern Screech 6

    Owls serie : Eastern Screech 6

    Are they so cute?
    • Marcel Gauthier
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    • eastern screech-owl
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  12. Owls serie : Eastern Screech 5

    Owls serie : Eastern Screech 5

    By night...
    • Marcel Gauthier
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    • eastern screech-owl
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  13. Owls serie : Eastern Screech 4

    Owls serie : Eastern Screech 4

    Near my house. Snowy night... at dark!
    • Marcel Gauthier
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    • Category: North America
  14. Owls serie : Eastern Screech 3

    Owls serie : Eastern Screech 3

    By night at CBC (Red adult)
    • Marcel Gauthier
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    • eastern screech-owl
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    • Category: North America
  15. Owls serie : Eastern Screech 2

    Owls serie : Eastern Screech 2

    Gray adult... inside a duck nest
    • Marcel Gauthier
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    • Category: North America
  16. Owls serie : Eastern Screech 1

    Owls serie : Eastern Screech 1

    Brown adult morph At dark : ISO 800, f5.6 @ 1/60 synchro w/internal flash
    • Marcel Gauthier
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    • eastern screech-owl
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  17. Sunning Eastern Screech-Owl

    Sunning Eastern Screech-Owl

    I found this Eastern Screech Owl by cahnce sunning itself on a back-country road near my home town.
    • kidwings
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    • Category: North America
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