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From Trystan Williams

It was nice to see these two sitting together this morning. He must have had another bath as he looked a little damp, but he does love a bath. I've noticed some changes in the behaviour of these two over the last couple of weeks, since the old male (20 years old) passed away last month. The younger male has been seen sitting in the entrance to the nestbox that the old fella used to favour. I also noticed a lot of noise from these two in the background of the trail cam video clips of the wild Barn Owls earlier this week. Are they courting? I've put the second trail camera on their aviary tonight to see if it picks up any interesting behaviour. 🤓

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been trying to get back into the habit of clicking "Like" on things like this that get recommended to me, but it's been a while since I've been working on not training the algorithm! This one has been liked though, so I should hopefully get informed if there is a new post.

The Bay Owls are so creepy but cute, I can't help but like them.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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