I had to really zoom in and crank the brightness and saturation, so the photo looks like 💩 now, but it appears they have dark brown eyes that I don’t think I’ve seen on other owls.
This owl is pretty uncommon for most people, so I think people are getting the regular Long Eared Owl confused with the African Long Eared Owl (this Abyssinian Owl) and regarding incorrect info. The more I looked at the original reference photo I grabbed, I thought both the owl and the tree is was in didn’t look right for Africa and I’m pretty sure that was the North American Long Eared Owl with orange eyes.
I had to really zoom in and crank the brightness and saturation, so the photo looks like 💩 now, but it appears they have dark brown eyes that I don’t think I’ve seen on other owls.
This owl is pretty uncommon for most people, so I think people are getting the regular Long Eared Owl confused with the African Long Eared Owl (this Abyssinian Owl) and regarding incorrect info. The more I looked at the original reference photo I grabbed, I thought both the owl and the tree is was in didn’t look right for Africa and I’m pretty sure that was the North American Long Eared Owl with orange eyes.