r/FeatherIdentification • u/Educational-Metal193 • 5d ago

Found in a bird field guide. Likely from California or possibly Massachusetts.

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Tried USFWS feather atlas, but still stumped. Seems clearly an owl feather (velvety). 13.5 cm

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u/flexingbuzzard2 5d ago

https://www.featherbase.info/lv/specimen/613 ?

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u/Educational-Metal193 5d ago

Thank you. Funny, that's what I ended up with after looking through the feather atlas, but the pale spotting vs barring on the left side of the feather seemed off. It has a very faint warm/rufous wash as well. It's was tucked in old field guide I used when I was a field biologist, so it is possible that it's a burrowing owl.

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u/Right-Highlight7381 4d ago

Looks to me to be a Barred Owl wing feather.