Monday, March 14, 2022

March 14, 2022

I am known as a Barred Owl
Like other "true" owls, I'm in the family Strigidae 
A difference between us is the shape of our face -
Barn owls are in the Tytonidae family.

Strigidaes have got a round facial disk
Tytonidaes' are shaped like a heart
One thing we have in common is:
You smell small critters whenever we fart.

(Special thanks to guest photographer, David Simpson.)

Location: Mahogany Hammock, Everglades NP

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Strigiformes/

Photo © 2022 David Simpson and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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