Short eared Owl

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It's lovely Pratim and good info.

Lovely owl.

I keep writing excellent, but your paintings are.

Thanks Mr. Henry Martin... Thanks SYLVIA EVANS maam ... Thanks Res. Gudrun Stahl Sharpley...

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 746... (Observe the Bird and recognize)...SHORT EARED OWL .. WATERCOLOUR ...A4....2017...[ From the ref. Photo of mR. Raju Karia ] ... The Short-eared Owl [Asio flammeus] is a medium-sized owl with relatively long wings, and tiny, often concealed ear-tufts. In Latin, the word flammeus means fiery, flaming, or the colour of fire. Description: The facial disc is ochre, shading into blackish around the eyes. Loral bristles and eyebrows are whitish. Eyes are pale yellow to sulphur-yellow, sometimes bright yellow. The cere is greyish-brown and the bill blackish-horn. The tiny ear-tufts are set close together near the centre of the forehead, often not visible, and erected only when excited. The crown and nape are distinctly streaked dark on yellowish-tawny. Upperparts are yellowish-tawny to pale ochre-buff with a faint greyish cast, heavily streaked and spotted dusky. The scapulars have dark centres and pale edges. The basal half of the primaries above are plain o