ArtFire

This listing is for a 11x14 print. Different sizes are available-please check my other listings or contact me directly for prices. Images in other sizes may also be seen at http://www.inletimages.com

Please note that due to computer monitor settings, ambient lighting, and RGB and CMYK working modes, the colors in this image may not translate properly on your monitor. I make every effort to ensure that the colors come out brilliantly matched.


Larger prints are shipped in sturdy, moisture-resistant shipping tube for added strength and security. Smaller prints are shipped in postal mailers based on their size.

Spectacled Owls are dark brown with a whitish to yellow-ochre belly, a white patch on the front of the neck and a dark brown belt across the breast. White "spectacles" around their yellow eyes give them their name.
A juvenile has the adult markings in reverse - a white head with black mask, and may take several years from hatching to attain full adult plumage. An unsociable bird. Generally nocturnal, with activity normally begining after dusk and continuing to dawn. Roosts singly by day in trees with dense foliage. Most vocal on calm, moonlit nights.
Spectacled Owls eat small mammals including mice and the occasional possum or skunk, insects, spiders, many Caterpillars, bats, birds up to the size of Jays, crabs and frogs.
They use a branch to perch on and scan the surrounding area. When prey is located, they drop with a swift pounce. Insects are snatched from foliage.

camera, tripod, archival inks, archival photo paper