A special Sunday event: our fourth annual photographic essay celebrating these magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are captured here in photos from recent years. If you have some time today before the big game (or are skipping the event entirely), I invite you to take a look; it’s always a hoot to put this together.
Superb Owl Sunday IV
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An owlet is fed chicken livers before being released into the wild in Uşak, Turkey. The baby owl was treated by Uşak's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, after being found injured. #
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