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Season - 52
aloktewari

Season - 52 (Athene brama)

The Season ... 52

Pair bonding is very
important for
most species ...

... this species, though
has a complicated
interaction ... where
multiple males are
known to mate with
one female ... and
females may mount for
what is described as
' Pseudocopulation '

... which again may be
part of something called
' Displacement Behavior '

... their Social and family
organization not fully
studied and
understood ...

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Spotted Owlet
( Athene brama )

Keoladeo National Park
Bharatpur
Rajasthan
India
24.07.2015
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Habitat
Mixed Wetland and Forest
Location
Keoladeo National Park ; Bharatpur ; Rajasthan : India
Date taken
24.07.2015
Scientific name
Athene brama
KC Foggin
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What a fantastic image this is Alok!!! So beautifully captured side by side.
 
Kits
Absolutely gorgeous shot, Alok, and a very interesting narrative too. Thank you!
 
jbpixels
These two are absolutely beautiful. Two wonderful owls in one capture with some interesting words. I cannot comment it because this is nothing for a quick post but it is really an interesting behavior.
Wiki German describes their call with "chirurr-chirurr-chirurr", the English Wiki with "chirurr-chirurr-chirurr ending with a chirwak-chirwak". LOL.
 
R
Oh!! Very well spotted, they are a couple of sweeties, super capture Alok & Renu!!!
Dick.
 
mags1967
not often i see owls they are quite great at hiding and we dont have many species around here.a gorgeous pair and capture alok&renu.all the best margaret.
 

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