Bubo polystyrenatus It also appears to be molting..... Clay Taylor TOS Life Member Calallen (Corpus Christi), TX Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Birding discussion list for Texas [mailto:texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph Kennedy Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:34 AM To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [texbirds] Mystery Owl at Smith Point A bit ago I got some pictures of an odd owl at smith point that has remained unidentified as of yet. I never got a picture of the owl's back but do have a distant frontal and side view. It appears to have some sort of a plumage disorder. http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/142421050 http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/142421049 The bird did have a tendency to return to the same spot on several occasions. -- Joseph C. Kennedy on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds