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			Wow, 11 days and nights on the ground and still hasn’t been eaten by any of several predator species in the area… 
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			What a cutie! Here are his dopplegangers - a pair of horned owls in their nest in the stacker end of a gold dredge in SW Alaska.
		 
		
		
		
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			[QUOTE=Dean Romig;362724]Wow, 11 days and nights on the ground and still hasn’t been eaten by any of several predator species in the area… 
		
		
		
			maybe it's because the little fellow is carrying concealed. 
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			looks like she s been fileing her nails...great stuff....charlie
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Have you seen the parents feeding it?Must be around as he looks healthy.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			I haven't actually seen them feeding the little guy, but I see them around all the time.  This forenoon I was cleaning up around my Ginko tree and looked up to see him watching me -- 
		
		
		
			2 May 2022 01.jpg 2 May 2022 02.jpg Earlier this morning while I was cutting up a tree that didn't survive my thinning operation, one of the adults was watching me.  | 
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			great pictures......charlie
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			You need a time lapse camera
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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