Night Watch

by Tim Phelps

Title

Night Watch

Artist

Tim Phelps

Medium

Digital Art - Digital

Description

A single long-eared owl, Asio otus, with brown striped feathers, an orange facial disc, large ear tuffs on top of its head, and a buff colored chest of velvety feathers is displayed sitting on a fence post surrounded by wheat chaffs on a deep purple background with a shining blue moon in this owl nighttime night watch nature mandala.

The Long Eared owl, Asio (meaning “eared”) otus, is a medium sized owl with large head feather tufts on top of its head like the great horned owl only slightly smaller. It is also known as the lesser horned owl and cat owl. The long-eared and short eared owl are closely linked; they have similar size and are residents and hunters in the same habitats that includes prairies, grasslands, farmland, marshes, and open habitats. But, the long-eared owl is on “Night Watch” while its short-eared cousin is on “Day Watch” as shown in a companion image also on this site. Between them they may be considered the “farmer’s friend” because 95% of their diets are mammal prey, with mice and voles being their favorites and only 5% is bird and invertebrate prey including beetles and grasshoppers. This owl is added to a collection of 11 owls I have illustrated in circular mandala and rectangular panel nature images. Flock on over to phelpsmandala.com to see the collection “I LOve Owls” and wander with wonder in nature. Visit 33 other collections on my site for all that Mother Nature provides in celebration of biodiversity and conservancy.

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December 3rd, 2022

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