More awesome pics from Pradeepkumar Devadoss!
He has some amazing photos I'll keep sharing with you all.
More of this owl at the link above, these are just a couple of my favs from the album.
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024
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I'm surprised (and slightly disappointed) that this beautiful little fella doesn't get more love (aka upvotes) compared to other posts.
Me too. I feel things have slowed down a bit in general here. Vote counts still kinda look the same, but I don't feel like I've heard from as many regulars lately.
I thought this little owl was exceptionally pretty. I don't post too many Scops Owls, as there are a lot of them and to most people they're going to look much the same so I don't want it to feel too stale. If we'd lump Old World Scops (Otus) and New World Scops (Megascops) together, that over 80 species out of the +/- 250 species of owl.
I do seem to have a particular fondness for the Indian owls though. This guy and the Indian Eagle Owl both have a browner and earthier coloration that I really like, maybe just because it's not the norm, but I need to keep things fresh to me too! After looking at thousands of owl pics over the last year doing this, I get excited when I see something different.