This 8 August 2018 video shows nine-weeks-old barn owls preening each other’s feathers and practising estimating distances.
Their nest box is in Eersel town in the Netherlands, where Mark made this video.
This 8 August 2018 video shows nine-weeks-old barn owls preening each other’s feathers and practising estimating distances.
Their nest box is in Eersel town in the Netherlands, where Mark made this video.
Pleasure to see this. Their behaviour of moving face is almost like a dance or some call.
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Indeed! They do it to learn how to estimate distances.
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Ok 👍👍
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