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Female barn owl shakes feathers after drying out
25. June 2025 - Wildlife
This female barn owl had been quite wet and bedraggled earlier in the morning, following hunting in the rain to feed her young. Then she emerged from the box to shake and rearrange her now dry but perhaps rather matted feathers.
Video shown at full speed, then 50% speed, then full speed once more.
