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Recent Observations

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Photos

Square

What

Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba

Observer

lguzmancr

Date

Oct 23, 2011

Description

Couple of Megascops choliba, perched during the day

Tags

Aves-15px

Photos

Square

What

Barred Owl Strix varia

Observer

hitefamily

Date

May 23, 2012

Description

12:55 p.m.

Tags

Aves-15px

Photos

No photos

What

Barred Owl Strix varia

Observer

charlie

Date

May 22, 2012 12:08 PM EDT

Description

Who cooks for you? Somewhere in the woods

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Description from Wikipedia

The Owls are the order Strigiformes, comprising 200 extant birds of prey, species. Most are solitary, and nocturnal, with some exceptions (e.g. the Burrowing Owl). Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except Antarctica, most of Greenland, and some remote islands. Though owls are typically solitary, the literary collective noun for a group of owls is a...

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