While US football fans around the world are excited about a certain football game (Super Bowl) today, birders will be celebrating the day a bit differently with some of our favorite Superb Owl photos.
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Photo of the Week: Short-eared Owl in Monroe County
Ask a birder about finding owls, and their advice will be to go out at dawn or dusk. Or the middle of the night to hear the owls calling.
But not if you’re looking for Short-eared Owls.
Which are one of the few owls active during the day and night, especially during breeding season.
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An unexpected find for this late in the year, the Least Bittern continues to delight southeast Michigan birders as it hunts for food along the Lake Erie shoreline.
I’ve seen Least Bitterns before, a small black and brown heron with long yellow legs and toes and what looks like white racing stripes on its body.
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