The strangest owl I've ever seen

[joboo]

Anyone know what type of owl this is?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=APMheQP3pgU

[Bigjon]

Looks like a baby Great Horned Owl.
We had one of them in our grove when I was a kid. You could tell when it was there because the crows would raise a ruckus of cawing as long as it was there.
I could never spot it until it moved. One day while walking in the grove I saw it as it just started it's move. It was sitting on a branch about 10 foot off the ground and it just tilted forward and as it fell off the branch it spread it's wings about 6 feet wide, after falling about 2 feet it stroked its wings and all i heard was a soft whoosh sound.

A sight I'll never forget.

[joboo]

Looks like a baby Great Horned Owl.
We had one of them in our grove when I was a kid. You could tell when it was there because the crows would raise a ruckus of cawing as long as it was there.
I could never spot it until it moved. One day while walking in the grove I saw it as it just started it's move. It was sitting on a branch about 10 foot off the ground and it just tilted forward and as it fell off the branch it spread it's wings about 6 feet wide, after falling about 2 feet it stroked its wings and all i heard was a soft whoosh sound.

A sight I'll never forget.

Are they known for doing that shrinking disguise thing, or is this owl just particularly bizarre?

i.e. near the the end of the video...

Weirdest thing I've ever seen.

[Bigjon]

After going and looking at pictures of great horned owls I have to say this owl is something else. I saw the horns and I'm not to sure how many owls have them.

We had about 3 to 5 different great horned owls in our area. I know this because I observed them standing on the ground in what looked like an owl get together. From a distance of half a mile they look like 3 feet high boulders standing on end.

[EE_]

Owls are really cool!

[vacuum]

I was wondering if this was going to be about an owl statue, or an actual owl.

[Horn]

Guess he figures if he can get skinny like, he'll disappear...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJiyOPmsJs&ob=av3e

[Santa]

Very cool. I never saw that "getting evil" thing before. Haha... I think it's disappearing when it does that. Disappearing into the tree branches.
Disguising itself as a branch, rather than puffing up threateningly.

[joboo]

Very cool. I never saw that "getting evil" thing before. Haha... I think it's disappearing when it does that. Disappearing into the tree branches.
Disguising itself as a branch, rather than puffing up threateningly.


Actually that would make sense, and the squinting of the eyes thing is to camouflage the eyes while appearing less threatening but still be able to see.

That large owl was cool as shit.

[old steel]

The coolest Owl is the one at Bohemian grove!

[Tumbleweed]

I did a little looking and this is what I came up with.

Southern White-faced Owl

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Southern White-faced Owlhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ptilopsis_granti_-Chobe_River_front%2C_Botswana-8.jpg/220px-Ptilopsis_granti_-Chobe_River_front%2C_Botswana-8.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ptilopsis_granti_-Chobe_River_front,_Botswana-8.jpg)Near Chobe River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chobe_River), BotswanaConservation status (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_status)
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Scientific classification (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_classification)Kingdom:Animalia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalia)Phylum:Chordata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordata)Class:Aves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aves)Order:Strigiformes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigiformes)Family:Strigidae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigidae)Genus:Ptilopsis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptilopsis)Species:P. grantiBinomial name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature)Ptilopsis granti
(Kollibay (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Kollibay&action=edit&redlink=1), 1910)Synonyms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy))Ptilopsis erlangeri

The Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti) is a fairly small owl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl) in the family Strigidae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigidae). It is native to the southern half of Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa). It was formerly regarded as a subspecies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies) of the Northern White-faced Owl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_White-faced_Owl) (P. leucopsis) but the two are now commonly treated as separate species.
It is 22-28 centimetres long and weighs 185-220 grams. The upperparts are grey with dark streaks and there are white spots on the scapular feathers. The underparts are whitish with dark streaks. The face is white with a black border and black around the large orange eyes. The head has two short "ear" tufts with black tips. Juvenile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_(organism)) birds have a greyish face. The Northern White-faced Owl is usually paler and browner with reduced streaking below.
The call is a series of fast, bubbling hoots. It is uttered at night and frequently repeated. The Northern White-faced Owl has a very different two-note call.
Its range extends from Gabon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon) eastwards to southern Kenya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya) and southwards to Namibia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia) and northern South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa). It inhabits savanna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna) and dry woodland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland). It is usually seen alone or in pairs. It hunts for large invertebrates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invertebrate) and some small mammals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal), birds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird) and reptiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile) are also taken.
The eggs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(biology)) are usually laid in the old nest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest) of another bird. The clutch contains two or three eggs which are incubated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_incubation) for about 30 days. The young birds leave the nest about a month after hatching.
The owl has the unique ability to modify its appearance in times of danger or threat. It may enlarge its body to ward off other owls, or it may make itself appear shrivelled to camouflage itself as a tree trunk or branch.
This owl came to popular attention when it was featured in a Japanese video titled "Transformer Owl." The owl in that video was named Popo-chan and came from South Africa.

[EE_]

There's an owl that's been hanging out in trees just behind me.
I saw him tonight at dusk flying out towards me, a big Great Horned owl. Cool man.

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/007/cache/great-horned-owl_773_600x450.jpg

[Horn]

There's an owl that's been hanging out in trees just behind me.
I saw him tonight at dusk flying out towards me, a big Great Horned owl. Cool man.

Could be a listening device...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AfupfzN0cwg/T0pgR_E1K7I/AAAAAAAABeY/nGgYpX7nmUc/s320/bubo