{"id":975558,"date":"2016-06-16T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=5f8eb6d0ce101a1f9342bda3224ff663"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:11:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:11:10","slug":"ural-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/ural-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ural Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are a few shots and a video of the Ural Owl that discovered me in the deep forests of Hedmark.<\/p>\n

It clearly had young nearby and the first I knew of the bird was when it brushed my head as it flew in to attack me\/worn me off.<\/p>\n

I was quite nervous after this which can be sensed in the video especially towards the end when she barks (whilst I was zoomed in on her face) and I nearly drop the camera and curse under my breath as I expect a new attack is coming (I hadn’t seen the other adult and thought he was being called in to finish me off).<\/p>\n

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Those jet black eyes are scary. Ural Owl (slagule)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I think the bird was quite tired in the mid day heat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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just after it had attacked me with feathers still ruffled (taken with superzoom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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also taken with superzoom. Compare with simila bazooka picture below. both are uncropped<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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superzoom uncropped closeup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n