Rufescent Screech Owl
Megascops ingens
(L 10-11" Wt m,4.7-6.7-f,5-9.6 oz)
Cock-of-the Rock Lodge
Peru
24Sept2011
Strictly nocturnal
...widespread but uncommon
...at 1000-2200 m.
...widespread but uncommon
...at 1000-2200 m.
David Geale,
XC83481
flash photos
An owl once lived in a hollow tree,
And he was as wise as wise could be.
The branch of learning he didn‘t know
Could scarce on the tree of knowledge grow.
He knew the tree from branch to root,
And an owl like that can afford to hoot.
(Oliver Hereford)