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Donkees
Mar 2023
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cate94
(2,914 posts)1. Wow! N/t
2naSalit
(93,858 posts)2. Wow!
Amazing capture!
3Hotdogs
(13,641 posts)3. I'e had the same look on my face, too ...............
"Gotta get up and feed the little fucker."
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)4. Wonder why there is a rock in the tree?
Rebl2
(15,047 posts)9. Sharp eye
I had to hunt for it. Wonder what type owl this is.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)10. I was guessing Snowy Owl.
So I looked it up. Good guess.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Owl/id#
Owls and hawks are really good to have in the neighborhood. They keep the squirrels under control.
Rebl2
(15,047 posts)11. Also mice
Donkees
(32,487 posts)12. It's a leucistic Great Horned Owl
Leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation
BlueSky3
(719 posts)5. Awesome
photos! Thanks.
niyad
(120,905 posts)6. Just. . .WOW. Thank you so much.
burrowowl
(18,069 posts)7. Nice series!
Karadeniz
(23,605 posts)8. Lovely sequence!!!