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Unusual Snowy Owl With Orange Feathers Is An "Owldorable" Mystery
IFL Science ^ | March 25, 2025 | Eleanor Higgs

Posted on 03/25/2025 9:14:20 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Beautiful creature


21 posted on 03/25/2025 11:52:21 PM PDT by digger48
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To: gundog

Hatched in an Orange Orchard ???


22 posted on 03/26/2025 12:43:30 AM PDT by mabarker1 (I(Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!)
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To: Red Badger

Trans-humans are often seen with strange colorations so maybe this is a trans-bird.


23 posted on 03/26/2025 12:56:06 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: Red Badger

I would love to have one mounted in my den.


24 posted on 03/26/2025 1:21:18 AM PDT by fso301
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To: fidelis

“Must have been a flamingo in the woodpile.”

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First thought here also. CRISPR?


25 posted on 03/26/2025 2:03:00 AM PDT by Norski
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To: Red Badger

Pumpkin Spice Owl?


26 posted on 03/26/2025 3:07:02 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Red Badger

If an owl with this coloration is again observed next year, it would be reasonable to consider 1) it’s probably the same bird and 2) the coloration is “natural” as it would have gone through a complete molt by the winter of 2025/26.


27 posted on 03/26/2025 3:14:11 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Red Badger

Climate change.


28 posted on 03/26/2025 3:33:51 AM PDT by pas
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To: Repeal The 17th

We have Red Tail Hawks...................

29 posted on 03/26/2025 4:01:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I remember that back in the 1960’s, ornithologists used to spray paint seagulls in order to track them. Currently, they use radio trackers, which have less effect on the birds.


30 posted on 03/26/2025 4:18:35 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: Red Badger

How many bazillion acres does this owl need to survive?? I say it messed with a parrot....


31 posted on 03/26/2025 4:22:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

It didn’t.

It’s daddy did................😉


32 posted on 03/26/2025 4:34:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Sacajaweau

It didn’t.

It’s daddy did................😉


33 posted on 03/26/2025 4:34:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I just got up....You expect me to be as sharp as a tack....lol


34 posted on 03/26/2025 4:35:49 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: fidelis

LOL!


35 posted on 03/26/2025 4:38:40 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe the pic was taken on a Friday in Tennessee — “big game tonight!”


36 posted on 03/26/2025 4:40:36 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Same bird i saw on the regular up in PA and OH, except the reddish coloration was on the tail, hence the name “red-tailed hawk”.


37 posted on 03/26/2025 4:47:23 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Red Badger

I’ve long been fascinated with thar bird. Had a co-worker who was a master falconer back in the day; even had a golden eagle years back. Would talk about these red-tailed hawks a good bit if you caught him in a good mood.


38 posted on 03/26/2025 4:51:22 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Repeal The 17th

Love those Red Shouldered Hawks. Have them here at my house too.
redshawk.


39 posted on 03/26/2025 5:01:51 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/VexKSRKoWQY)
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To: Red Badger

It’s Rusty and he has too much Iron in his diet ,LOL


40 posted on 03/26/2025 6:17:44 AM PDT by butlerweave
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