Here is a link to two pictures of the same owl. It moved from one tree to the next, the lighting changed and one view shows its back while the other shows its front http:[log in to unmask] If I did not take the pictures myself I would swear this was two different birds. For someone who is just learning their owls this could look like two different species! Fun in the field! Matt Valencic Chagrin Falls, OH (Geauga County) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]