The great horned owl gets its name from the "horns" on the top of its head. These are not really horns and they are not ears either, as many people assume that they are. If you look closely at the picture above you can see that they are just feathers. What is their purpose? Great horns use them to communicate mood. It is also surmised that they help to break up the owl silhouette thus helping with their camouflage.Welcome to Tuesday Tweets. To join in the fun, just post a photo of a bird on your blog then come here and enter your information in the inlinkz tool down below. Don't forget to put a link back to here on your blog and the pretty little banner photo. Then visit all of the sites that participate to see a lot of cool bird pics.
5 comments:
He definitely looks like "a wise ole owl!"
Beautiful bird!
What a great shot....but I bet you have the besets of the best of the cameras. Your photos always knock me off my feet they are so beautiful and filled with detail. St. Patrick’s Day we went over to friends for corned beef and cabbage. When I was going out to the car, I ALMOST stepped on a what I would call a very, very, very small nest. Well, at dinner, the 6 of us went online to see what size a hummingbird nest is, but all we could find were webcams and macro shots which distort the size. This little nest is very small, but nothing like we think a hummingbird nest to be. Can you help us out? genie
Great photo.
Regards and best wishes
great portrait!!!
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