Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Superb Owl

Bubo virginianusA Great Horned Owl on a recent winter day.

(For completists, there actually is a Lesser Horned Owl, found in southern South America.)

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Faux superb owl… and friends.

mthew

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One response to “Superb Owl”

  1. elwnyc

    Wow! Those Bubo plasticus really work, don’t they? At least they fool humans – I had a colleague who came in all excited at seeing two on a building on his way into work.

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