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The Owls Are Not What They Seem

The Owls Are Not What They Seem

The weirdest thing about these owls is that it was -27 degrees out there and the chilling wind was blasting everything to smithereens, however, my ornithologist...
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The weirdest thing about these owls is that it was -27 degrees out there and the chilling wind was blasting everything to smithereens, however, my ornithologist friend said that they are migratory owls and come every year to the place where this photo was taken, in the North of Bosnia, to escape the winter in their homeland?!?
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