The other day when I arrived at one of the burrow sites to spend some time observing the owls I came across some other photographers already there. I witnessed a rather unique interaction. They were throwing grubs onto the floor and one of the parents was flying down onto the ground, collecting them and then taking them back to the safety of the rocks to feed them to the owlets.The owl was quite bold and at one point even landed on the ground and looked up expectantly at the vehicle as if asking for a top up. Given the number of vehicles visiting the burrows for photo opportunities these owls have obviously become quite habituated to human presence. This is confirmed by this interaction Parent on ground collecting up a grub in its beak It then flew back to this prominent rock near the burrow. From here it hopped down into the rocks where the owlets were situated Having fed the collected grub to one of the owlets it would hop back up onto a prominent rock and swoop back down to the spot where the grubs had been thrown on the ground and repeat the process Looking up at the vehicle whilst waiting for a further supply of the grubs Just prior to take -off with another grub for delivery Once the feeding session was over the parent returned to stand guard at one of its favourite look-out points near the burrow
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