Pictured are two short-eared owls. The individual in flight decided to dive-bomb the perched owl in what struck me as a territorial stunt. Short-eared owls migrate to a handful of northern states in order to escape the even-more-brutal winters of the arctic.
They hunt by soaring low over large meadows, grabbing prey “on the wing.”
Photographed near Washingtonville, PA, USA.
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