Approached to one metre for this photo!Two months ago I had my first encounter with a hawk owl in the Western Palearctic...
11/1/09 Vist, Västergötland
Finally got to grips with the long-staying hawk owl at Vist. I found it eventually and walked in for close views. I could hear a vole gnawing behind me so I moved back five metres and the owl whacked it almost at my feet. It then flew to a low tree 5 metres away and dropped the vole accidently. It spent 45 minutes trying to retrieve it before I walked in (it flushed at less than 1 metre) and found the vole. I threw the vole onto the path and the owl swooped down and nabbed it. Priceless.
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