Hey all, After consulting Sibley, I would say Long-eared. Sibley shows the wingtips of the long-eared to have fine barring whereas on the short-eared, the markings are much heavier. In looking at the photos aside from the length of the ear tufts, which look like long-eared, the wingtips match the long-eared in Sibley. Ira Sanders Golden
On Wed, 24 Apr 2019, 2:29 pm 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds, < [email protected]> wrote: > All, > > Surely, the bird is a Short-eared owl. Long-eared should have a rusty > facial disk and the big "wrist" > comma is typical of Short-eared. Long-eared should look darker on the > body. > > Alex Brown > Boulder > > On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 2:13:33 PM MDT, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Gary, > > The barring on the flanks should indicate that it is a long eared owl. > Short-eared should not show that. > > Best, > > Will Anderson, Boulder > > > On Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 10:10:52 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote: > > Hi all > > The owl we found on Pawnee NG trip over weekend continues to be an ongoing > debate-some have said Short-eared others Long-eared. I was hoping your help > can help definitively ID this owl. Made a collage of available photos. > > [image: owlcollage.png] > > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://www. friendsofthepawneegrassland. org/ > <http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/> > > -- > 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/d246701c-d3ae-4950-b6f9-ce536dc1fa4d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d246701c-d3ae-4950-b6f9-ce536dc1fa4d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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/877270727.65294.1556137757125%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/877270727.65294.1556137757125%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CABF3siFY5gJFq0UQMbq%3DVnJ%2BD42MsEbJjrGuiF8b%3DEmTgQO-%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
