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Western Screech Owls (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by anon6789 to c/superbowl

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Pair of Screechies from Bucci Photography Tours.

Photo taken in British Columbia.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Great camouflage! Aside from their ranges not overlapping, are they much different from Eastern Screechies?

[–] anon6789 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Plumage and vocalization are the main difference.

Those seem to be the main subspecies distinctions in many species of owl.

I posted a good article on the differences you can check out here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interesting article. The horizontal barring is something I would not think to look at and I’m not sure I would be able to tell without both owls there to compare!

[–] anon6789 3 points 8 months ago

I look for the thicker vertical lines first, and that's usually enough to do it since I don't see many ESO with thick lines, then I look for the boat anchor horizontal lines if I need to.

I feel like I see way more ESO pics than WSO ones though, so if you guess ESO I'd say you have about an 80% chance of getting it right!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What about the other Canadian screech owls? The Crime hunting, hockey-playing children?

[–] anon6789 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I never saw this before! I'm probably a decade too old to have seen this. Looks like Scooby Doo crossed with the Mighty Ducks.

Screech Owls series

Their team logo is cool!

That's for sharing!

[–] anon6789 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

~~Aww they removed their comment. 🥺~~

Now it's back! 😄