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Spotted Owl Juvenile

Spotted Owl Juvenile

This teenager just had an altercation with dad over a rat.
Baby tried to steal the rat and he and dad fell off the branch. Neither would let go of the rat, so they tumbled, facing each other with wings open, and landed on the ground beside me.
Dad flew off--with the rat--and baby sat for a minute, looking desperately for dad and crying for food.
He did manage to fly off, none the worse for wear.