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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Long Lashes" data-source="post: 313955" data-attributes="member: 41">Lol! .... She was in a more loving mood yesterday, here she is with Freedom .<img src="https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_224,w_500,c_limit/v200/bfd3363667ee4e9d99fb4dd4b3b51288" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 752px" />When I first saw the Owl I just thought it was cute and cuddly <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />     I've recently learned that the Great Horned Owl (like the one seen in Lib and Free's nest) is very strong,  tough and vicious, but then so are eagles.      .From what I've read, a bald eagle would likely win in a fight, but maybe not so at night when the Owl has better night-vision.If anyone is interested I came across this short clip of an Owl knocking a bald eagle out of its nest ...[MEDIA=youtube]CvOrUXc6fF8[/MEDIA][USER=11]@Michelle Stevens[/USER]  might know the answer to this, but I think its up to 3 eggs?Last year Liberty and Freedom had 2 eggs and sadly one of the eggs wasn't viable.  They continued to sit on the egg for weeks after it should've hatched...<img src="https://i.ibb.co/HC3xP5Z/sunday-pip.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 434px" /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/bXNSDV3/sat-am-6.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 435px" />Lipstick and Guy had three eaglets last year ....<img src="https://i.ibb.co/hc73DR1/triplets-3333.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 737px" />You can see the 'lipstick' on her beak here.</blockquote>

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