To all - I am leaning very strongly to short-eared in that the face is very light-colored when compared to the face of a long-eared.
Bill Miller - Fort Collins On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 2:51 PM Ira Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siFY5gJFq0UQMbq%3DVnJ%2BD42MsEbJjrGuiF8b%3DEmTgQO-%2Bg%40mail.gmail.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/CAJpcP07hrCkAkYhvTri2uLrOQepAY1Vq-VzjiRq-6xj4mCx4-Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
