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From Ric Mac

A tender moment between Mama Great Horned Owl and her juvenile owlet. Palm Beach County, FL

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

It looks like a nice tender moment. (Though for all I know, she may be scolding the little brat for the 15th time today 🙃)

I'm not sure how many baby pics you guys want. I see a ton, but I think a lot look the same and it could easily overwhelm things, so I've been trying to keep it to really unique things like this.

It may be my personal bias, since for every pic I share with you all, I probably see a dozen or 2. So just a general reminder to everyone, always feel free to say "gimme more/less of such and such!" I'm here to show you what you want to see.