That can't be her natural color! 😮
That can't be her natural color! 😮
Blue Ear Tufts?
Juvenile Great Horned Owl approximately 3.5 months old.
Looks like the tufts are blue but they're really greyish/brownish in color.
These tufts are actually not their ears but specialized feathers called "Plumicorns" and the owls use them to communicate with each other and they help with camouflage.
The owls' ears are behind their eyes, on the sides of their heads and the ears are asymmetric, which means that one ear is positioned higher on their head than the other.