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Time to hunt
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Uncommon Northern Pygmy-owl
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Burrowing Owl
Nesting time, perhaps?
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Rare to uncommon
How to start the day well
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Couldn't resist : )
Little cutie from the archives
Just for the record
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Just for the record
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3 out of 15
A fine ambassador
One of my favourite owls
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The youngest owlet
Hanging out with Mom
White on blue
Mr. GHO
Snowy Owl
Curiosity
Short-eared Owl
Don't get excited - an old image, LOL!
Great Horned Owl - for Douglas.Brown : )
Baby of the family
I'm still drooling : )
Can you believe it?
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The look
Barn Owl
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Catching supper
Eyes of the wise
Hiding out
One from the stash
Beside the vine
Dad on guard duty
It's all about the eyes
Whoooo are yoooo?
Barred Owl
Alert for an instant
Two halves equal one whole
The thrill of the day
Barred Owl
Barred Owl
Snowy blur
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Enjoying the sun
Time for a snack
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Do you think I look cute?
Out of his comfort zone
Long-eared Owl
We want our Mom
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Gotta love those eyes - the real and the false
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These are large, rather fancy butterflies, and I liked its striped eyes - but not so much its furry body. Taken on 25 September 2012 in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo. The tropical butterfly season is over now. Once again, the staff and volunteers did a superb job of putting on a great display of tropical plants and butterflies for us over the summer! I know that I, for one, appreciate this so much - a wonderful chance to see and photograph things I would otherwise never see.
"Butterflies in the genus Caligo are commonly called owl butterflies, after their huge eyespots, which resemble owls' eyes. Owl butterflies are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, Central, and South America.
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few metres at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place. However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around. The Latin name may possibly refer to their active periods. Caligo means darkness."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_butterfly
"Butterflies in the genus Caligo are commonly called owl butterflies, after their huge eyespots, which resemble owls' eyes. Owl butterflies are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, Central, and South America.
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few metres at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place. However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around. The Latin name may possibly refer to their active periods. Caligo means darkness."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_butterfly
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