Went to a certain area yesterday which I won't divulge,
but just to say I was absolutely delighted with the few
hours out that I had, 4 Barn Owl, 2 Little Owl, 1 SEO,
6 Kestrels, 2 Buzzard and a cracking Peregrine flypast.
Photos not very good with the low light and a good
distance away but pleased to get them anyway.
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9 comments:
Do you have any more pics of the Asio owl. Of course you saw the bird in life whereas I've only got 1 pic at awkward angle. So it might indeed be a Short-eared but the following make me wonder if it's a Long-eared
stumpy wings (angle?)
poorly defined trailing edge to wing
thin wingtip bars???
And it even looks like it might have an orange eye (pushing it!)
As I say, photo a bit hard to decipher but the above have me wondering
Cheers
Mick
You cold be right Mick but for me on the day it looked like a Shortie and it was a bit
lighter in colour than the pic shows, but Im no expert so you'll have more of an idea
than me for a positive ID, theres a couple more pics on my blog but still at same angle.
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Well done Dave.
Great day out.
John
I agree with Mick looks like a LEO to me.
Yep LEO...
Having looked on your blog and seen the second pic it is a LEO not a SEO
Ta
Sorry pressed send too quickly. I think it has a grey face which usually indicate male and, in my experience, males aren't always heavily streaked below chest so underparts can look a bit more like SEO than most books show. I agree Leo's often look darker overall than SEOs but not always. Having moved to Oxon I miss my LEOs
Ta
Thanks lads much appreciated
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