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Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Photo by FoxExplorer
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Regulus, the barn owl has a permanent home at WildCare Inc. in Indiana as an education animal. He is missing his right eye, but is thriving.

Species ID Suggestions

Bubo virginianus
vanhevel
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Comments (3)
FoxExplorer
Thank you! Obviously, I'm not on our raptor team. Haha!
KarenL
Regulus isn't a barn owl - they don't have "ears". Maybe a screech owl? I'm sure one of our bird experts can ID this for you!

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PublishedFebruary 7, 2012

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