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A female Eastern screech owl peeks out from her cavity burrow. Two weeks after this shot the first of three young owls appeared. ...
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A female Eastern screech owl peeks out from her cavity burrow. Two weeks after this shot the first of three young owls appeared.
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May, 2016

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Greta photo. It's a wee bit creepy but I love it! :)

Simply brilliant!

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Ha, at first glance, I thought the tree was alive, well done

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Beautiful

Great!!!

Beauitfully creep, love it !

Good eye!
literally!!

Love Owls! We are starting the breeding season for spotted Eagle Owls in Cape Town soon so the owls are calling all over the place. Hoping they nest close by again as it is such a special thing to watch the whole process and the babies are the cutest little fluff balls.

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Royal Tern

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I almost did not get this shot because i was laughing so hard

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