Don't Wake Me Up
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Don't Wake Me Up
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture & Digital Enhancement
Description
Don't even THINK about it! I need my rest...
The great horned owl is generally colored for camouflage. The underparts of the species are usually light with some brown horizontal barring; the upper parts and upper wings are generally mottled brown usually bearing heavy, complex darker markings. All subspecies are darkly barred to some extent along the sides as well.
There is a variable sized white patch on the throat. The white throat may continue as a streak running down the middle of the breast even when the birds are not displaying, which in particularly pale individuals can widen at the belly into a large white area. South American horned owls typically have a smaller white throat patch, often unseen unless actively displaying, and rarely display the white area on the chest. There are individual and regional variations in overall color, with birds from the subarctic showing a washed-out, light-buff color, while those from the Pacific Coast of North America, Central America and much of South America can be a dark brownish color overlaid with blackish blotching. The skin of the feet and legs, though almost entirely obscured by feathers, is black. Even tropical great horned owls have feathered legs and feet. The feathers on the feet of the great horned owl are the second longest known in any owl other than the snowy owl. The bill is dark gunmetal-gray, as are the talons.
All great horned owls have a facial disc. This can be reddish, brown or gray in color depending on geographical and racial variation and is demarked by a dark rim culminating in bold, blackish side brackets. This species' "horns" are tufts of feathers, called plumicorns. The purpose of plumicorns is not fully understood, but the theory that they serve as a visual cue in territorial and socio-sexual interactions with other owls is generally accepted.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Ordered images will not contain the FAA watermark
Image copyright 2018 Jon Burch Photography
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May 7th, 2018
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