Confrontation

I happened across a pair of Magpies pestering this Great Horned Owl. The magpies were relentless, and were really making the owl mad. The owl kept swiping at them with its talons and gaping its beak. Here is one frame from the sequence.

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Another frame. The magpies worked briliantly as a team. They are very intelligent birds. One would attract the owls attention, and the other would swoop in and whack the owl in the back. It was very interesting to watch. I wish my pictures had turned out better.

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