Photo by Baba-Vulic Aleksandar
A northern harrier catches up to a short-earred owl, knocks the small rodent (vole) she was carrying out of her grasp, and catches it’s rapidly descending prize before it meets the ground. Harrier has been known to steal a vole froma short- eared owl in mid-air. This is an example of kleptoparasitism, which is when one bird steals another’s food.
That vole can’t catch a break! 😮
What a fancy, poopy, loud, cute hat!
It’s like one of those wacky hats from the royal wedding. Princess Eugenie looks to be getting swarmed by a Jay here:
Ah, yes, the British posh, they both look like they would fight for that vole in much the same manner as the birbs, but without the elegance.
“I call it… The Aristocrats!”