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Mottled Wood Owl, India

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Intense coloration probably doesn't make the best camo.

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

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