Long-eared Owl Identification - All About Birds
Long-eared Owls are medium-sized, slender owls with long ear tufts. The head, roughly as wide as it is long, looks squarish. The facial disks are long and narrow. Smaller than a Great Horned Owl, larger than a Western Screech-Owl.
Long-eared Owl - All About Birds
Long-eared Owls are nimble flyers, with hearing so acute they can snatch prey in complete darkness. In spring and summer, listen for their low, breathy hoots and strange barking calls in the night. Long-eared Owls are secretive, nocturnal, and superbly camouflaged.
Long-eared owl - Wikipedia
The long-eared owl (Asio otus), also known as the northern long-eared owl [3] or, more informally, as the lesser horned owl or cat owl, [4] is a medium-sized species of owl with an extensive breeding range.
Long-eared Owl | Audubon Field Guide - National Audubon …
This medium-sized owl is widespread but not particularly well known in North America. It seems to call less often or less conspicuously than many of our other owls, so it may be overlooked in some areas where it nests.
Long-eared Owl - American Bird Conservancy
The elusive Long-eared Owl, also known as the Lesser Horned Owl or Cat Owl, superficially resembles the Great Horned Owl but is much smaller and slimmer — in fact, it's North America's most slender owl.
Long-eared Owl - eBird
Medium-sized, rather slender owl with long "ear" tufts. Extensive range across Northern Hemisphere. North American birds are rather dark and coarsely marked, with pumpkin-colored face patches and yellow eyes.
Long-eared Owl Sounds - All About Birds
Long-eared Owls are lanky owls that often seem to wear a surprised expression thanks to long ear tufts that typically point straight up like exclamation marks. These nocturnal hunters roost in dense foliage, where their camouflage makes them hard to find, and forage over grasslands for small mammals.
Long-Eared Owl - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The Long-eared owl (Asio otus) is one of the most widely distributed and most numerous owl species in the world. While all owls do not build their own nests, Long-eared owls like to use nests that are built by other animals, especially favoring those built by corvids.
Long Eared Owl Facts | Asio Otus - The RSPB Wildlife Charity
The Long-eared Owl is a medium-sized owl, smaller than a Woodpigeon. It often looks long and thin, with head feathers (known as ear tufts, even though they are not ears) which it raises when alarmed. It is light brown with darker brown streaks and deep orange eyes.
Long-eared Owl | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
The Long-eared Owl is perhaps our most secretive owl. Almost entirely nocturnal in its habits it is a very difficult bird to census. Its bright orange eyes, long ‘ear tufts’ and chestnut plumage ensure that any sighting of a Long-eared Owl is a treasured one.