Snow angel made by a swooping owl

[boingboing]

Originally published at: Snow angel made by a swooping owl | Boing Boing

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[teknocholer]

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.

[FGD135]

To paraphrase Alan Moore, badly, most people tend to forget that owls are birds of prey.

[FGD135]

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

[teknocholer]

@FGD135

most people tend to forget that owls are birds of prey

Not just owls, of course.

[Artor]

I love that you can even see the musculature of the owl’s wings impressed into the snow.

[Artor]

From the deep hole, I suspect the pitter-pattering was going on below the snow.

[MagicFox]

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.

[SmilingDemon]

Love owls!

[Tsu_Dho_Nimh]

You can see the hole where the talons and legs went. It might have heard the prey under the snow.

[Tsu_Dho_Nimh]

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.