From Dave L Clark
Family of 5. Long-eared Owlets Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2025
Long Ears, unlike many other species, will spend time together in the wild.
Are they posing for the album cover? When does it get released?
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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It drops. As soon as the vole makes a run for it.
Do they have a black face because they are juvenile or because of a family characteristic ?
It looks like Canada has 2 subspecies of LEO, though the one that sounds like it has a black edges face would be a bit more eastern than the one it says is more likely in Alberta.
LEOs do migrate and the second listed subspecies also mentions a gradient of some traits due to specific local environments, so they could just be closer to the wilsonianus subspecies in coloration or have interbred at some point in time.
A. o. wilsonianus (Lesson, 1830) - This subspecies is found in south-central and southeastern Canada (Manitoba to Nova Scotia) to southern USA (north Oklahoma and Virginia), The wing chord typically measures 284 to 305 mm (11.2 to 12.0 in). In general, American long-eared owls are more vividly marked than many Eurasian populations. The facial disc is bright rufous, with a strong blackish rim and extensive white about the disc. The eyes are typically a deep yellow. Meanwhile, the markings on the underside usually are quite blackish and prominent with distinct cross-bars.
A. o. tuftsi Godfrey, 1948 - The range is from western Canada (southern Yukon to southwest Manitoba) to south-central USA (west Texas). It differs from A. o. wilsonianus in having paler plumage. The brown mottling on upper parts is paler and more restricted. It is weakly differentiated and may comprise clinal variations due to region and habitat, rather than subspecific differences.
That was a bit to technical for me. I'll remember two kinds of LEO in Canada, that's probably an interbred and this nice map of Canada which geography I don't really know.
You understood the important bits!
Þat's a Parliament, right?
It's not an official term, to my knowledge. As far as anything I've read, it's a colloquial collective noun that seems to be widely accepted.
Other less common names include a wisdom, congress, hooting and a stare of owls.
Huh. I wonder why owls don't get an "official" term, like crows and dogs do.
I kinda like a stare of owls from that list. They certainly do that well.