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Donkees

(33,745 posts) Mon Mar 20, 2023, 07:18 AM Mar 2023

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Winter Preparing to Leave (Original Post) Donkees Mar 2023 OP

Wow! N/t cate94 Mar 2023 #1

Wow! 2naSalit Mar 2023 #2

I'e had the same look on my face, too ............... 3Hotdogs Mar 2023 #3

Wonder why there is a rock in the tree? The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #4

Sharp eye Rebl2 Mar 2023 #9

I was guessing Snowy Owl. The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #10

Also mice Rebl2 Mar 2023 #11

It's a leucistic Great Horned Owl Donkees Mar 2023 #12

Awesome BlueSky3 Mar 2023 #5

Just. . .WOW. Thank you so much. niyad Mar 2023 #6

Nice series! burrowowl Mar 2023 #7

Lovely sequence!!! Karadeniz Mar 2023 #8

cate94

(3,123 posts)

1. Wow! N/t

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 07:42 AM

Mar 2023

2naSalit

(103,806 posts)

2. Wow!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 07:43 AM

Mar 2023

Amazing capture!

3Hotdogs

(15,542 posts)

3. I'e had the same look on my face, too ...............

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 07:56 AM

Mar 2023

"Gotta get up and feed the little fucker."

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)

4. Wonder why there is a rock in the tree?

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 08:22 AM

Mar 2023

Rebl2

(17,925 posts)

9. Sharp eye

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 11:27 AM

Mar 2023

I had to hunt for it. Wonder what type owl this is.

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)

10. I was guessing Snowy Owl.

Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 03:17 PM

Mar 2023

So I looked it up. Good guess.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Owl/id#

Owls and hawks are really good to have in the neighborhood. They keep the squirrels under control.

Rebl2

(17,925 posts)

11. Also mice

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 04:31 PM

Mar 2023

Donkees

(33,745 posts)

12. It's a leucistic Great Horned Owl

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 05:03 PM

Mar 2023

Leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation

BlueSky3

(733 posts)

5. Awesome

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 09:27 AM

Mar 2023

photos! Thanks.

niyad

(134,016 posts)

6. Just. . .WOW. Thank you so much.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 09:38 AM

Mar 2023

burrowowl

(18,494 posts)

7. Nice series!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 09:54 AM

Mar 2023

Karadeniz

(24,761 posts)

8. Lovely sequence!!!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 09:58 AM

Mar 2023

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