Tuesday, June 5, 2012
allcreatures: Photograph by Sven Začek She looks sweet grooming her chick, but don’t mess with mom’s nest: Ural owls are aggressively territorial. “I’ve made an ‘agreement’ with the females that the price to band and measure one nestling is six hard punches on the head,” says Finnish ornithologist Pertti Saurola. (via Ural Owls - Photo Gallery - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine)

allcreatures:

Photograph by Sven Začek

She looks sweet grooming her chick, but don’t mess with mom’s nest: Ural owls are aggressively territorial. “I’ve made an ‘agreement’ with the females that the price to band and measure one nestling is six hard punches on the head,” says Finnish ornithologist Pertti Saurola.

(via Ural Owls - Photo Gallery - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine)

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