Owls: What Exactly Makes a Bird an Owl and What Makes Them Special?

from Voices of the Valley Floor-a and Fauna · host Soleil Gaylord

If our eyes were as big as an owls, they would be the size of grapefruits! There are 19 species of owls in North America, here in Colorado there 11 species that occur regularly. In Telluride a couple of our regular species are the nocturnal Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) and the diurnal (day time) Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium californicum). Join Voices of the Valley Floor-a and Fauna and learn all about owls with guest biologist, naturalist and Field Guide expert Eric Hynes. In this show Eric will fondly discuss some of his favorite birds and their super cool adaptations. Photo: Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium californicum) Telluride. Photo Credit: Eric Hynes 2018.

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There are 19 species of owls in North America, here in Colorado there 11 species that occur regularly. In Telluride a couple of our regular species are the nocturnal Great Horned Owl and the diurnal (day time) Northern Pygmy Owl. Join Voices of the Valley Floor-a and Fauna and learn all about owls with guest biologist, naturalist and Field Guide expert Eric Hynes.