Asio flammeus (short-eared owl).
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Asio flammeus (short-eared owl). Oddly, the "ears" aren't actually ears but rather tuffs of feathers that they can raise or lower depending on mood. And checkout the eye makeup--lol! SEOWs have low breeding site fidelity, they don't breed in the same place each year. That makes it very hard to determine population size. I participated in a multi-year study to attempt to determine SEOW population in the West:
https://www.internationalowlcenter.org/uploads/1/0/3/1/103197186/2020_wafls_comprehensive_report_v1.0.pdf -
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