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Smart looking nosy burrowing owl with big eyes looking into the camera. Focused on eyes and beak. Blurred brown background and landscape format.
Up-close shot of great-horned owl
This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.
A closeup shot of an owl with brown eyes. Fauna concept
Owl face close-up. Sqare.
Owl staring at camera
Portrait of a barn owl against a dark background
owl close-up portrait
A great horned owl hoots as night falls.
Image of Eastern Screech Owl detail of back of head as it looks out to hunt
Snowy owl looking at you, motion blur in wings.The white bird of prey, Bubo Scandiacus or Arctic Owl, or Snowy Owl, is an endangered species
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Side view of beautiful Eagle owl close up.
Siberian Eagle owl ( Bubo bubo )
Eyes of an owl, close-up
Portrait of a snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) against a dark background.
Close up Face of owl, nocturnal animals
eagle owl near the tree
Owl taking a pose
Siberian eagle owl
A rock eagle owl swoops down with its talons stretched out.
Screech owl up close
The little owl is a bird that lives mostly in the tropics countries.
owl
A juvenile female Great Horned Owl clinging to the bark of a mesquite tree in the Sonoran Desert region of Arizona in August.
close-up of a spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Owl
CLose up of Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus
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