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I meant to do this! (lemmy.world)

Photo by Paul Lally

A juvenile great horned owl is captured dangling in an awkward position after crash-landing high in a small grove of aspen trees. Apparently the ability to fly precedes any skill at landing in the early stages of their development. Somehow I manged to get off just one shot of this most unusual moment, before it flew off to try again.

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[-] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago

Could have became a bat, decided to stay owl.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

No taste for bugs 😁

[-] You@feddit.de 7 points 1 week ago

Mr Ethan Hunt at it again. Dum dum dumdum dum dum dumdum dum dum🎶

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“Dangit! Stupid branches, stay still. Ugh, now I gotta - HEY! No pictures! No! - aw cheese it let’s go!”

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I'm sure once it righted itself, it did the cat thing of quickly cleaning itself and acting like nothing happened. 😆

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

“I’m sure I don’t know how you mean.”

preens

[-] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

"No, I'm just doing stretches! I totally meant to do that!"

This is why they are called sky cats sometimes.

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
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