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From Tristan Williams

Scottish Owl Centre

We recently put together two new pairs of Indian Eagle Owls. The new males have very different personalities.

One seems more mature and is wooing Meena, 28 years old and takes no shit, with food offerings in the (wrong) nestbox. The other fella has a big attitude.

These pics show his reaction when he first spotted our nosey Steppe Eagle looking down at him. No shits given.

I imagine him saying in a Glaswegian accent 'yeah? come down here an I'll kick your teeth in'.

His new blonde lady friend seems quite impressed, like 'oooh look at him' lol. 😄

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

"I'll not even dignify that with an answer."

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Steppe Eagle has the look of a parent when the kids are doing something stupid.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Eagle Red Foreman: "Dumbass."

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I'm thinking this is the calm male.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

with food offerings in the (wrong) nestbox.

New Guy: She’ll like this one . . nice and tasty . . *puts in wrong nestbox* . . there we go. Perfect.

Meena: *rolls eyes, sighs*

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"I swear, he never listens to a thing I say..."

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

“Sweet, but dumb. Oh well. Better than Ragey McHaggis over there”

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haha, that first shot reminds of a wtf meme

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It does look like a good template. I think there's a reactions meme community somewhere on Lemmy.