Short-eared Owl flying

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Uploaded by on Apr 11, 2007

Though the video is grainy, you can appreciate the unique flight characteristics of the beautiful Short-eared Owl. Sibley describes it as "moth-like" but I think it's more like a large bat. Video taken in Minnesota, December 2006.

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  • Gotta love owls!

  • I have only seen these owls a few times. Seems to be the way they fly, if they're not motionless on a fencepost. Had thought of them as the nocturnal counterpart of the harrier, but your video shows that they are even more nimble than that.

    Looks like you are in the Rockies, is that right? I saw most of mine on the RM Front in Montana. Now I'm back in grad school in Indiana. We've got the wonderful barred owls here, though!

    Thanks,

    Hannah Hinchman

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