Connecticut Ornithological Association
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CONNECTICUT BIRDS
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Owls
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All photos taken in Connecticut.
Barn Owl pair
(Tyto alba)
January, 2002. Connecticut shoreline, © AJ Hand.
Editor's note: Now very uncommon in Connecticut with the loss of much of our open farmland,
Barn Owls exist at only a handful of CT locations. Barn Owls remain quite common in other parts
of the United States however.
Here a male perches to our right of a female. The male is smaller
and whiter with fewer, smaller "specks" on the breast. Other characters that can be used to
sex these birds are not quite visible in this wonderful photograph.
Great Horned Owlet
(Bubo virginianus)
April / May 2003. Ansonia.
© AJ Hand
Snowy Owl
Nyctea scandiaca
Short Beach in Stratford.
November, 2002.
© Dori Sosensky |
Snowy Owl
Nyctea scandiaca
Heavily marked.
Hammonasset State Park.
December 2001.
© Jim Zipp |
Snowy Owl
Nyctea scandiaca
Goose Island.
December 19, 2001.
© AJ Hand |
Snowy on Goose Island
December 19, 2001. © AJ Hand
Eastern Screech Owl
(Otus asio)
Red Morph.
March, 2003. © AJ Hand |
Eastern Screech Owl
(Otus asio)
Gray Morph.
March, 2003. © AJ Hand |
Eastern Screech Owl
(Otus asio)
Gray Morph.
March, 2003. © AJ Hand |
Barred Owls
(Strix varia)
March, 2002. © AJ Hand
December 2001. Old Lyme.
© Hank Golet
Long-eared Owl
(Asio otus)
Winter 2002. Connecticut shoreline.
© AJ Hand
Short-eared Owl
(Asio flammeus)
February, 2003. Westport.
© Paul Fusco
Northern Saw-whet Owl
(Aegolius acadicus)
February, 2003. Westport.
© AJ Hand
Northern Saw-whet Owl
(Aegolius acadicus)
December, 2001.
© AJ Hand
