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Collared Scops Owl (Juveniles)

Otus lettia

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Field Notes

Description:

The Collared Scops Owl is a small owl with rather long, dark-spotted ear-tufts.

Habitat:

Forest, scrub, second growth, also groves of trees and bamboo stands around habitations,

Notes:

Collared Scops Owl is a nocturnal bird, and is rarely seen by day. I got a chance to watch them in the afternoon.

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Comments (13)

Beautiful owls and pictures!! Very cute! =)
Welcome to Project Noah, PratibhaRiswadkar Very nice first spotting congrats and thanks for sharing We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
Picture perfect ! Welcome to Noah Pratibha :)
Welcome to Project Noah btw Hope you enjoy being part of this community and we hope to see more of your spottings. Your first is just brilliant !
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2014

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