A taxidermist friend of mine says, "It looks like a live owl with a bad infection around its face that has caused it to lose a lot of feathers and get some noticeable swelling under the eyelids. Poor thing. Either disease or parasites - I can't tell."
Pretty sure it is a Scops Owl in the genus Otus. It could be a North American Screech Owl (Megascops) too. And I would agree that it is porbably not in great health.
I have no idea what it is, but it LOOKS a lot like my favorite animal ever. Some bird (at some zoo I went to this one time) that had "frogmouth" in the name.
I love it because the feathers look like they're made of tree bark.
its some kind of scops owl. looks similar to a frogmouth, but frogmouths have completely different beaks. scops owls are my favourite animal. youtube 'popochan the owl' for why
January 23, 2010
Anonymous said...
reminds me of this guy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI
January 24, 2010
Anonymous said...
i'm thinking Tawny Frogmouth
January 27, 2010
Anonymous said...
Frogmouths have a large flat beak, not a narrow hooked beak. It is definitely an owl, and definitely NOT supposed to look quite like that!
Definitely an ill scops owl, probably a screech owl.
March 07, 2010
Anyone know what kind of bird this is? I want to ID it so I can commiserate with it. I know exactly how it feels. I think the two of us would have a lot in common.
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Close this window Jump to comment formIt's PIGWIDGEON!!! from the Harry Potter books. yay!
January 19, 2010
It kind of looks like a Malaysian Eagle Owl.
January 19, 2010
Hahah jesus... looks like a piece of its head is missing.
January 19, 2010
definitely a type of owl... past that, really hard to identify with no plumage there. Wow what a hangover.
January 19, 2010
A taxidermist friend of mine says, "It looks like a live owl with a bad infection around its face that has caused it to lose a lot of feathers and get some noticeable swelling under the eyelids. Poor thing. Either disease or parasites - I can't tell."
January 19, 2010
Isn't it a Frogmouth? The chest feathers match a mature Frogmouth, but the beak isn't as dark...a juvenile?
I agree that it looks ill or beaten upon (plucking?).
January 19, 2010
In the mornings, I look a lot like this...
January 19, 2010
Poor thing!
January 19, 2010
Pretty sure it is a Scops Owl in the genus Otus. It could be a North American Screech Owl (Megascops) too. And I would agree that it is porbably not in great health.
January 19, 2010
I have no idea what it is, but it LOOKS a lot like my favorite animal ever. Some bird (at some zoo I went to this one time) that had "frogmouth" in the name.
I love it because the feathers look like they're made of tree bark.
January 20, 2010
Injured baby owl? I feel sorry for it...
January 21, 2010
Dude, its a really, really, really baked owl. Just imagine the munchies this guy'll be having right after he comes back down.
January 21, 2010
It looks like something Muppet Labs came up with.
January 23, 2010
its some kind of scops owl.
looks similar to a frogmouth, but frogmouths have completely different beaks.
scops owls are my favourite animal. youtube 'popochan the owl' for why
January 23, 2010
reminds me of this guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI
January 24, 2010
i'm thinking Tawny Frogmouth
January 27, 2010
Frogmouths have a large flat beak, not a narrow hooked beak. It is definitely an owl, and definitely NOT supposed to look quite like that!
February 03, 2010
Definitely an ill scops owl, probably a screech owl.
March 07, 2010