Comments on: Spotlight On… http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834 Educational programs, games and more Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nature http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-424 nature Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:21:14 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-424 Thanks everyone for their excellent guesses! As several of you thought, the specimen was a barn owl (Tyto alba). To learn more about barn owls, check out these websites:

We’ll have another “Spotlight On” soon, but in the meantime, see if you can tell us who pooped.

]]> By: Steph Spencer http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-422 Steph Spencer Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:55:02 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-422 male barn owl

]]> By: Lilja Karadottir-Wells http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-421 Lilja Karadottir-Wells Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:54:17 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-421 Is it a short eared owl?

]]> By: Stefan Amshey http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-420 Stefan Amshey Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:45:21 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-420 I’m guessing it’s a fox.

]]> By: Julia Eagles http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-419 Julia Eagles Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:43:07 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-419 It is an Eagle.

]]> By: Lorraine S. http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-418 Lorraine S. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:20:27 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-418 barn owl

]]> By: C.Ray http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-417 C.Ray Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:18:03 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-417 I think it’s a raptor; an owl, eagle, hawk, etc.

]]> By: Courtney Reeder http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834&cpage=1#comment-416 Courtney Reeder Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:52:48 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1834#comment-416 Is this some type of owl?

C. Reeder

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