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At the end of last summer we became aware that there was a female tawny owl Strix aluco, in the vicinity. We often heard her distinctive « keewik » call in the early hours of the morning. It is more of a shriek whereas the male tawny owls make the more familiar hooting noise.
I thought it odd that a woodland owl should be hanging around suburbia, although we do have some mature trees in our garden the rest of the neighbourhood seem to enjoy taking chainsaws to theirs. There is also a new housing estate being built behind us. We do live near to the Bulmers’ cider factory so perhaps that provided a plentiful supply of rodents.
To my surprise one winter morning while taking flash photos of the bare tree branches (I was trying to get a spookily atmospheric photo) I noticed a large shape swoop into the tree…
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It is a cool post. Thanks for sharing!
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You re very welcome 🙂
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I love owls! This is awesome!
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We had a little visitor here who we got to see up close in the daylight. His tiny feathers like stroking a cloud.
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Ahwww beautiful ❤
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Actually, there are many owl families in the trees across the river from my home. ❤ Thank you.
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