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Otus scops
Small, eared owl with yellow eyes. Its plumage is a grey-buff intricately marked with black provides excellent camouflage against tree bark when roosting. Young birds are more strongly vermiculated than adults.
wow !!! what a day this has been!!!!Could'nt imagine rescuing an Eurasian Scops owl.This is the only owl i have captured on my camera ,and ended up rescuing it too. We (myself ,Satyen Mehta and a common friend of ours) were out on our routine birding trip this morning when I happened to spot this little owlet sitting on a branch. We started photographing it as usual,and tried to get closer to it to get a better shot.As we got near it we realized that it wase'nt flying away as it had got one of its wings entangled on the thorny branch.We along with a local guy managed to rescue it.It surely was a long ordeal but finally we and the owl made it....
Spotted on Nov 12, 2011
Submitted on Nov 12, 2011
6 Comments
It was a pleasure accompanying you on the rescue mission that day.
me and the owl both of us were lucky...
You are lucky my friend !, good for you ...
wow,,spotting of the day..............superb.
yes we were able to do it ,took a real long time as it was pretty high up.
I was just going to ask you about the feathers, when I read your story. How wonderful you were able to free him! Thanks for sharing.