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Adolescent Eagle Owl
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Adolescent Eagle Owl (bubo bubo)

about 8 years ago, long before my digiscoping developed, I was informed of two young Bubo Bubo in a quarry near my home; their parents had been driven off by ignorant stone-throwers, and one young owl died; it was my joy and pleasure to feed and accompany the remaining young owl for more than 8 weeks and see it fly in the end; I even took care its instincts were still working when a hunter offered a dead rabbit which I fixed to a very long rope and made the "prey" move through the grass; I was happy to see the young owl come flying from nowhere in the fading daylight and landing on it; I invested a lot of money on a 3-chip camera (Panasonic DVC 30) with night vision; all pics shown here are stills from a film I took with that camera; the last still is an infrared scene shot in almost darkness
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Habitat
Quarry
Location
Cologne (near)
Date taken
06-2006
Scientific name
bubo bubo
Equipment used
Panasonic DVC 30
carann
A heart warming story. Thanks for sharing it and for your kindness.
Best Wishes.
 
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Thanks for your kind word, carann. Those eight weeks really moved me, and I do hope the owl made it in the end. Environmental changes have made it hard for owls of that size to survive in our area. Two months ago, a Bubo Bubo was found hanging head down in a fence of barbed wire. Luckily, it was not hurt too bad and could be treated and set free after a day. That was about 10 miles from where I live, so it might have been the one I helped to survive, who knows.
 

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