From Billy Young
Man-Owl sleeping on the job again tonight. His kids are about 100 yds behind him screaming for food!! 😅
Please standby, LEO is rebooting
this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
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You made me second guess myself for a second, but it's a GHO. The orange cheeks are very LEO, but I didn't think the belly looked right. LEO has vertical stripes on the belly with cross checking more like a bigger Screech Owl.
I went back in the photographer's feed to confirm and found some more of Man-Owl's great parenting-stealing the kid's snacks!
April 1
Just before this shot was taken, she flew in and tore Man-Owl a new one for getting into the kids' food stash. I'll post that photo in the comments!
"It was just a small bite!"
Mama's gonna show up with the owl version of a rolling pin!
Good to know - LEO and GHO do look a lot alike in some ways.
It's tricky since many have a wide color gradient they can be and there can be a lot of overlap. The original photo doesn't offer much context to get a sense of size and the eyes are hidden, etc that could help identify. Seems being unhelpful is sorta his thing... 😜