Originally published at: Snow angel made by a swooping owl | Boing Boing
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I have actually come across a print like this in the snow. What this picture doesn’t show is the trail of tiny footprints leading up to the “snow angel” and ending there. 
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To paraphrase Alan Moore, badly, most people tend to forget that owls are birds of prey.
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Me, I’m usually reminded of an old song.
Zwei Spuren im Schnee
führ’n herab aus steiler Höh’
Die Skispur, die ist meine
die Schleifspur, die ist deine
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I love that you can even see the musculature of the owl’s wings impressed into the snow.
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From the deep hole, I suspect the pitter-pattering was going on below the snow.
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To all the little critters and rodents, though, this is probably viewed as a snow devil.
Indeed.
We had a barred owl move into the neighborhood about two years ago. While I love falling asleep to its hooting, it also means no more bunny outdoor time once dusk falls.
Gotta respect the neighbors.
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Love owls!
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You can see the hole where the talons and legs went. It might have heard the prey under the snow.
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If you look down from any ski lift on the early runs of the day after new snow, you can see these “death angel” prints.
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