Evening Flight

Time to Fly On

A Short-eared Owl gathers speed toward the evening sun after diving for a vole and coming up empty-taloned, lifting back into the air as the light begins to fade.

From the field

Short-eared Owls have a distinctive flight pattern characterized by slow, buoyant wingbeats. They often hover or glide low over open ground while hunting, relying on keen vision and acute hearing to locate rodents and other small mammals. (Source: World’s Rarest Birds)

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