Megascops asio
grrlscientist | July 14, 2009tags: Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Fledgling Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio, photographed in a backyard birdbath in Manhattan, Kansas (Riley County). [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dave Rintoul, 1 July 2009 [larger view].
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: birds, Eastern Screech-owl, Megascops asio, ornithology, Image of the Day
Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio,
in its nest tree in Central Park, NYC.
Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George. [larger size].
The photographer writes; From 1996 to 2002 the New York City Parks Department in conjunction with the Urban Park Service (think Park Rangers) conducted a program with the intriguing if vaguely ominous name of "Project X." The purpose of the program was to reintroduce native animal and plant species that had vanished from our city parks and, in some cases, our region.
The "X" in…
grrlscientist | January 23, 2008tags: Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio, in flight,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.