Cobirders, I just had a close encounter with a medium-sized owl just outside my front door. It was perched on a planter slightly less than 20 feet away. We had about a two minute stare at one another. It had a tawny longish looking facial disk, yellow eyes, longish and very vertical ear tufts, with dark barring and streaking (like little squares). Measuring the visualized height later with a ruler, I think it had to be slightly longer than 12". Looked longer when it flew. Definitely not Great-Horned size. Could this be a Long-eared Owl?
Becky Campbell Just so. of Cherry Creek State Park -- Arapahoe County, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGT4s%3DjwcUeAO-Cu2EVdJ_%2B-oVCkw0d1tRL189GqA5HPfV19hg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
