Birds at Large: Rainbow Owl

Snopes.com - that great debunker of internet myths and legends - had a post recently on a Rainbow Owl.  IS IT REAL??

Nnnnoooo of course not. It's a Barred Owl with some terrible photoshopping and a fake blog post by someone posing as an owl researcher at the University of Toledo.  Not that it's the most outrageous thing in the world - I still see new gorgeous birds all the time - but owls are rarely very colorful.  Thanks to Snopes for staying on top of bird-related falsehoods!