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great shot, very unsettling.
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CAPTIVE
(Bubo africanus)
"It is illegal to capture or keep these owls in most southern African countries, but the nestlings are easy to tame and they make affectionate, companionable pets. However, feeding them is demanding, because they do best on balanced diets that include feathers, bones and various tissues, not just meat. Suitably dismembered chicks, rodents, or non-toxic frogs make good food if available. Otherwise the owlets suffer malnutrition of various types, with poor bone formation and eventually they are likely to die and in any case would have no hope of survival in the wild"
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missed the focus
The mockingbirds I've known could cause a hawk to take its own life through the sheer repetitive racket it throws at him. One summer we had one that almost drove me to buy a bb gun -- or commit myself. It was truly maddening. And yet I still find them saucy and amusing, and undoubtedly taking great delight in the din it makes that is driving mere humans quite mad.
The mockingbirds I've known could cause a hawk to take its own life through the sheer repetitive racket it throws at him. One summer we had one that almost drove me to buy a bb gun -- or commit myself. It was truly maddening. And yet I still find them saucy and amusing, and undoubtedly taking great delight in the din it makes that is driving mere humans quite mad.
Black Kite: Apparently these are fairly widespread all over the world. Panasonic FZ1000
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