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Tyto alba alba
Spotted on May 3, 2012
Submitted on May 10, 2012
2 Comments
This looks like an Australian Barn owl.
Australian Masked Owl, Tyto novaehollandiae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tytonidae
The coloring is more similar to the Australian owl than the more common european barn owl:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_Owl
Nice!!