Ural Owls, Estonia
Photograph by Sven Začek
She looks sweet grooming her chick, but don’t mess with mom’s nest: Ural owls are aggressively territorial. “I’ve made an ‘agreement’ with the females that the price to band and measure one nestling is six hard punches on the head,” says Finnish ornithologist Pertti Saurola.
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Jodi
December 3, 2012 at 13:31
How sweet!!
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dogdaz
December 3, 2012 at 14:02
Owls are so cute you just want to cuddle them, but I won’t
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lylekrahn
December 5, 2012 at 22:08
That’s a beautiful photo.
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dogdaz
December 5, 2012 at 22:11
I thought so too. Thanks
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monicastangledweb
December 8, 2012 at 22:45
I love owls! I’m adding this to my Pinterest owl board. Thanks!
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dogdaz
December 9, 2012 at 10:05
Thanks – I pin, but it is really hard to keep up with all these digital forms and I found it easier to move things to the blog from Tumbler. Glad you liked them.
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Jessica
December 9, 2012 at 00:01
Aren’t ALL moms territorial in one way or another? 😉
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dogdaz
December 9, 2012 at 10:05
It is in our genes
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