Brunch.
Look closely and you will see a blue jay under the owl and a feather on the owls beak.
Blue jays like to mob long eared owls, actually all owls, and perhaps this one paid the price.
Blue jays like to mob long eared owls, actually all owls, and perhaps this one paid the price.
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Long-eared Owls are lanky owls that often seem to wear a surprised expression thanks to long ear tufts that typically point straight up like exclamation marks. These nocturnal hunters roost in dense foliage, where their camouflage makes them hard to find, and forage over grasslands for small mammals. Long-eared Owls are nimble flyers, with hearing so acute they can snatch prey in complete darkness. In spring and summer, listen for their low, breathy hoots and strange barking calls in the night.
source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-eared_Owl/id
source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-eared_Owl/id
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