The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Short-eared Owl

Owls are our favorites ! We are so crazy about owls that we have named our blog as roamingowls . When we were in US we had spotted the long eared owl as well as the great horned owl as part of our wishlist. In India too we had a wishlist and one owl that eluded us was the Short eared Owl. We searched for it for a long time but never got lucky. There were some who offered us to show it but we resisted as we wanted the search that comes with birding.

We always take pride in the fact that the birds we find are all spotted by us. Only in places where the forest department mandates that we have a guide do we engage people. Even with the guide we do all searching ourselves.





So when we finally found our cute one sitting on the ground hiding among the bushes, it was pure elation.  The golden sunlight of the setting sun just added to the mystical experience we had.


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