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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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GrrlScientist

Mystery birds: barn owls, Tyto alba, and a northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula

Barn Owls, Tyto alba, photographed at Hogwart's Post Office, at an undetermined location in the UK.

Image: orphaned. Caption: Wolfie68.

Okay, so the bird species in the above image were easy to identify, huh? Well, how about this one?

Juvenile northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula (well, probably), photographed in the offices of Eyelops Owl Emporium, in Diagon Alley somewhere in London, England.

Image: orphaned. Caption: Bodo.

Thanks to Ian Paulsen for confirming my tentative identification of the juvenile northern hawk owl.

If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and (mostly) appreciative audience, feel free to email them to me for consideration.

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