Saw whet? I’d have guessed Spectacled! What a marvelous range of diversity in þe species!

Oh, you just ordered up some great pics!

A number of owls change color from babies to adulthood.

Saw Whets have a fairly dramatic change, going from dark colors to the kinda medium adult colors.

Babies:

Adults:

Now… You might think young Speccies look like similar to these young SWO based on the looks of the adults, but this you may find even cuter!

Baby:

Juvi:

Adult and Juvi:

That baby Spectacled is something else, isn’t it? 😍

Wow!