wildcritters Nature Photography

CRITTER PHOTO #2533 

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Great Horned Owl (f)

[Bubo virginianus]

3/24/2023

Cornwall CT

Mama keeping her babies warm---young owlets are unable to thermoregulate so the parents use their own body heat to warm them until they are 1 to 2 weeks old.

Photo# 2533

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