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Photo by George S. George

Mottled Wood Owl, India

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Beautiful. I don’t think we get much orange-y colors in N America (light brown, but that’s about it, right?)

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Long Ears can have orange facial discs or eyes.

I'd say Flammulated can have some orange bits also.

The original pic had me wondering if color saturation was played with a bit or if it was just in particularly good lighting.

They do have a good bit of orange to them:

But they don't seem to normally look as orange as in the post.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ah the ol’ saturation boost eh. Fair enough. Beautiful either way.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Intense coloration probably doesn't make the best camo.

I'll have to get some more wood owls up in here.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Now that I think about it, I can't recall having seen any oranges. I may have and forgotten.

this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2024
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