Long-eared Owl
©Erin Dreyfuss
Published:
October 29, 2007
Erin Dreyfuss saw this Long-eared Owl at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California.
Erin, of El Centro, California, was visiting the park's
Tamarisk Grove campground when she saw this owl
(Asio otus) perched near the trunk of a tamarisk tree, also known as a salt-cedar. She used a Canon Digital Rebel XT and a 100-300mm Tamron lens to take the photo. "There were actually four owls peering out of the tamarisk at me," she wrote. "They blended in so well with the main trunk of the tamarisk that I almost missed them."
You can see the bird at these great birdwatching hotspots:
Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri Dunback Meadow, Lexington, Massachusetts Peace Valley Nature Park, Doylestown, PennsylvaniaDirections, maps, bird lists, and tips for more easy-to-get-to birdwatching destinations.View photos of other owls:
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- Burrowing Owl, close-up portrait
- Eastern Screech-Owl
- Great Gray Owl
- Great Horned Owl, juvenile, close-up portrait
- Great Horned Owls in cactus nest
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- Northern Hawk Owl
- Short-eared Owl
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