I meant to attach this video as well.
Long-eared owl hunting
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Long-eared owl hunting
Long-eared owl hunting near Cambridge
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On Thursday, December 7, 2017, 3:22:40 PM MST, Jason Talbot wrote:
I wanted to pass this video along since I was surprised at the similarity in flight patterns between Long-eared and Short-eared Owls. I’d never seen a LEOW in flight in the open until this week. I thought the flight of the SEOW was unique.
I thought I had a SEOW (rare) at Eagle Island SP in Ada County earlier this week until I was asked if I had considered LEOW. I ran across the following video.
It flew across the field with a Cooper’s Hawk harassing it (explaining the unusual behavior of LEOW flying during the day). It then disappeared into the Russian Olives (unusual for SEOW) until Magpies notified me of its presence. I got a brief look but just enough to know it wasn’t a Barn Owl. I noticed it had dark comma-shaped marks near the wrist of the underwing but LEOW and SEOW have this.
I wanted to pass this along to help others not make the same mistake. You won’t run across this very often. It makes me wonder if I misidentified SEOW one early morning at Blacks Creek a couple years ago now knowing this.
There’s always something new to learn in the birding world!
Separating Short-eared and Long-eared Owls
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Separating Short-eared and Long-eared Owls
As difficult species go, the Long and Short-eared Owl pairing are amongst the most challenging to identify, espe…
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I wanted to pass this video along since I was surprised at the similarity in flight patterns between Long-eared and Short-eared Owls. I’d never seen a LEOW in flight in the open until this week. I thought the flight of the SEOW was unique.
I thought I had a SEOW (rare) at Eagle Island SP in Ada County earlier this week until I was asked if I had considered LEOW. I ran across the following video.
It flew across the field with a Cooper’s Hawk harassing it (explaining the unusual behavior of LEOW flying during the day). It then disappeared into the Russian Olives (unusual for SEOW) until Magpies notified me of its presence. I got a brief look but just enough to know it wasn’t a Barn Owl. I noticed it had dark comma-shaped marks near the wrist of the underwing but LEOW and SEOW have this.
I wanted to pass this along to help others not make the same mistake. You won’t run across this very often. It makes me wonder if I misidentified SEOW one early morning at Blacks Creek a couple years ago now knowing this.
There’s always something new to learn in the birding world!
Separating Short-eared and Long-eared Owls
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Separating Short-eared and Long-eared Owls
As difficult species go, the Long and Short-eared Owl pairing are amongst the most challenging to identify, espe…
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Lisa just spotted a new bird for our yard, a male Varied Thrush. Very
cool. And very late for Island Park. I’ve seen a few here in spring and
even had one singing at Island Park Dam, but never during winter (6
degrees this morning). It was foraging in bare patches under trees and
picking the last few Snowberries off the bushes. Lisa tried for a photo
but it flushed as soon as she touched the door handle.
Cliff
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Island Park, Idaho
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