Photo by Jennil Modar
Great picture of a lovely Hawk Owl just hanging around.
WOW! This guy is so striking. Look at those black parentheses around the face and that iris color.
I always like seeing these guys. Being able to blend in but also to be so bold and imposing looking seems like a really tough combo to pull off.
Yeah it’s an interesting evolutionary balance to have to strike. “Hiding yet also attractive to potential mates”
Actually, as a human, I sympathize 😂
I do regularly wonder how something like a cardinal avoids getting picked off. They’re pretty loud and stand out most anywhere. Doesn’t sound like a good survival combo, but they seem to make it work.
I’ll just stick to hiding 😁
master of stealth
Is the bird in question the obvious owl just sitting there in the open or is it some other, stealthy bird hidden somewhere in the image? 🤔
Anything is easy to see when it’s already been pointed out to you. 😜
Put him up in a tree where you’d find him naturally, and even if someone told you which tree he was in, it’s going to be pretty hard to find him.
