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Donna

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Long whiskered owlette

« on: 23-Dec-11, 12:04:12 PM »

I never heard of this owl! Has anyone? I'm so lame.

Saw this on the Bird Conservancy site.


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Re: Long whiskered owlette

« Reply #1 on: 23-Dec-11, 12:30:10 PM »

Quote from: Donna on 23-Dec-11, 12:04:12 PM

I never heard of this owl! Has anyone? I'm so lame.

Saw this on the Bird Conservancy site.

Can't say I ever have either...


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Re: Long whiskered owlette

« Reply #2 on: 23-Dec-11, 12:34:09 PM »

South America...no wonder...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-whiskered_Owlet

The Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi) is a tiny owl that is endemic to a small area in the Andean mountains in Amazonas and San MartÃn in northern Peru. It is restricted to cloud forests with dense undergrowth and epiphytes at about 1890â€“2200 meters (6200â€“7220 ft) above sea lev