Owl ID Help Requested [Weld]

[The "Nunn Guy"]

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.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

[willc...@gmail.com]

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

[Alexander Brown]

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

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[Ira Sanders]

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

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[Bill Miller]

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

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[Alexander Brown]

All,

After digging deeper, i.e. having Sibley in my hand, I change my opinion on the owl to

Long-eared as well. The field mark that convinces me is the size of the buffy patch on the

wing -- it is too small and localized to be Short-eared Owl.

With birding you learn something new every day.

Alex Brown

Boulder

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[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Thanks everyone for your help, nice little mystery.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

On Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 10:10:52 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote:

[Allison Hilf]

Hi all-

What can I say, the Brits are where I often look when in doubt.  This video is very helpful.

IMO it’s a Long-eared Owl.

Further, one thing most people forgot to mention and should be first clue is HABITAT.   The owl was flushed from typical Long-eared Owl habitat.

https://youtu.be/8_zoBcSrXZk

Allison Hilf

Aurora, CO

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[Scott]

The owl in the photos is without question a Long-eared Owl.

Scott Rashid

Estes Park

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