re: #117 Backwoods Sleuth

Most likely an Eastern Screech Owl…they are very smol and I can see how it could be mistaken for a baby

Northern Saw-whet owls are pretty small as well and like to roost in tangles/close brush.

One was spotted in the wildlife refuge south of Philly and they actually had a sign up indicating a ranger had spotted one and where the sight was. I thus have a photo of an owl’s butt since it was in a brushy tangle just off the trail and the angle to even see the owl was very small. (And they requested people going to see it to not leave the trail.)

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