Great horned owls have been known to act as if wounded as a protest against intruders to their nests with young.
Great horned owls have been known to act as if wounded as a protest against intruders to their nests with young.
The great horned owl will flutter over the ground like a ruffed grouse uttering short wailing notes and beating the ground with one wing and then the other to act as if wounded as a protest against intruders to their nests with young.
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• Sources | (Forbush, 1929)
That’s an interesting defense mechanism.
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