The flammulated owl. Thanks to ScareCrow, I now know that “flammulated” means having flame-shaped markings. I’m not really sure to what that refers, though. Oh well!
my fourteenth owl June 11, 2013
This is a Whiskered Screech Owl.
I learned recently that the ABA (American Birding Association) standard is to capitalize bird names. So that when you say you saw a Yellow Warbler, people know you mean a legit Yellow Warbler and not just a warbler that is yellow. Because most warblers have yellow bits. I see yellow warblers ALL the damn time but not necessarily Yellow Warblers. Y’know? Anyway so now you know that the sketch above portrays a Whiskered Screech Owl and not just any ol’ noisy, moustachioed owl.
my twelfth and thirteenth owls
This is an Elf Owl.
He is very tiny, I guess. According to Wikipedia, “it is the world’s lightest owl. . . . The mean body weight of this species is 1.4 oz. These tiny owls are 4.9 to 5.7 inches long and have a wingspan of about 10.6 inches.”
And here is another Great Horned Owl:
I drew a Great Horned Owl on April 29th as well. I wasn’t going to do repeats until I had drawn one of EVERY OWL ON EARTH but then this guy came up in my bird-a-day calendar so I drew him. He looks as though he has something to say. (I think he is also probably a dark morph. My bird-a-day calendar doesn’t give very much trivial information though, so that’s just me spit-ballin’.)
an owl a day 