What young little owls eat

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This is a little owl video.

The little owl study group STONE in the Netherlands reports today, 19 July 2015, about what one little owl nest with three youngsters ate in this year’s nesting season.

4221 times, the parents brought prey to the nest. This included 1171 cockchafers, 946 earthworms and 741 caterpillars and other larvae.

The complete report is here.

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