Identify this Owl

BeanMan · Jan 9, 2011

Because I can't...

My Wife took this a couple of days ago in front of the house.

overton · Jan 9, 2011

An owl before it was gut shot.

LESGO54 · Jan 9, 2011

i dont know but they taste like chicken

txhunter58 · Jan 9, 2011

How about a long eared owl?:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-eared_Owl/id

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)

Aaron84 · Jan 9, 2011

Not an owl, it's a pink flamingo geez everyone knows that.

tailchasers · Jan 9, 2011

Great Horned Owl

NVBighorn · Jan 9, 2011

+1 on Long earred owl

piper · Jan 9, 2011

yea, google it up and it looks like a long eared owl, nice pic

nickman · Jan 9, 2011

If I get requests, I will post up a good recipe.

isayNUNYA · Jan 9, 2011

wackemstackem · Jan 9, 2011

Maybe its a seagull in disguise?

buglinbilly · Jan 9, 2011

Big Horned Owl

Who knows what type owl this one is?

Have a good one. BB

eelgrass · Jan 9, 2011

Hoot Owl?

Eel

it's not a 40 incher but it's closer than the last 40 incher you posted....

JB

Bundy · Jan 9, 2011

Its a long eared owl. And the 2nd ? is a screech owl.

NONYAMT · Jan 9, 2011

Thats the "owl" from the 4th kind!

CAelknuts · Jan 9, 2011

I agree, long eared owl.

Blanding_Boy · Jan 10, 2011

Bean--it is for sure a long-eared owl. A common owl in some areas but not really in the west. They typically in habitat wooded draws in the mountains and in riparian areas out here. In the winter time your likely to see them most anywhere.

Nice picture for sure.

Todd Black
BTO

BeanMan · Jan 10, 2011

Thanks everyone for the ID. I had looked at some picutures and thought it was probably a long eared owl.

How many of you hunters moticed the fresh buck rub on the aspen limb it is sitting on?

tylercreek2 · Jan 10, 2011

what a neat pic,,,

Paul_Crawford · Jan 10, 2011

It's called a "perfect target owl. lol...pc

ColoradoOak · Jan 10, 2011

Definitely a long-eared. I used to think that they weren't very common, as Todd said, until I started looking for them. Turns out they are very common, at least in the area Bean Man and I live. I've found over 40 long-eared nests in the last 2 years.

That's a nice photo. Here are a few photos I've taken: