Taxonomy: Order Strigiformes >> Family Strigidae >> Genus Asio
Short-eared Owl (Unique ID: 1058)
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Species: Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Location: Clinton Lake, Kansas, United States
Age: adult Plumage: basic/year-round Activity: flying
Sex: --- Visibility: full body Quantity: single
Photographer: David Seibel Date: January 15, 2007
Equipment: Canon EOS 1D Mark II N and Canon 500mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 4.9
Notes: I photographed this bird on an extremely cold evening just after sunset. (My fingers were so cold that I couldn't feel the shutter release.) This was one of several Short-eared Owls that spent a few weeks in the grassy field and prairie restoration area below the dam at Clinton Lake.
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