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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 1844500" data-attributes="member: 32998">Baby Penguin/Hawk Owl Hybrid .... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ... seriously ...Isn't the white shoulder flash in the wrong place for GSW???Have to admit, it does look like a 'small' bird to me in the photo. I'm wondering if the white flash isn't an artefact, or light reflection, in which case LSW would be more of a contender...I also don't think we can see the back at all in this shot, just the black shoulder... ?A poor example here, showing the glossy nature of the black feathers (and you can't see the back particularly well on this one either);<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=266497" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=266497</a>(Not sure if the variations in the gallery showing lots of white are actually because they are eastern/northern races, or if variation occurs across the range, cetrtainly the whiter individuals seem to have been taken in those areas, looking at pics on the first few pages of the gallery)</blockquote>