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African Barn Owl

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The Barn Owl’s prey consists mainly of small mammals, in particular short-tailed and field voles, mice and common shrews. These it either still-hunts from a perch or searches for by quartering over meadowland, usually in the half-light at dusk or dawn and often hovering with moth-like silent fluttering flight as it relies on its superb hearing to locate prey. It is estimated that a pair of Barn Owls and their young may eat about 1,000 rodents between them during the three-month breeding season.

African Barn aka African Grass Owl IUCN Red List Conservation status - Least Concern
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Image size
600x900px 96.29 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 450D
Shutter Speed
1/64 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
310 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Sep 22, 2010, 4:06:41 PM
Sensor Size
12mm
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longestdistance's avatar
Adorable shot! He looks pretty chill!