“Fine feathers make fine birds. Let not him that fears feathers come among wild-foule.”
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The Eagle Owl along with Blakiston's Fish Owl are the largest owls in the world. These owls prefer open areas with forsests and altough very terretorial they can found throught Europe, from Finland and Russia down to Gilbraltar. Eagle owls belong to the group of 'horned owls' and while many people think that the tuffts are the owls ears, this is not true. This owl species is opportunistic when it comes to food and will take whatever they can from birds to smaller mammals. They nest in rocky areas and lay two to four eggs in the Spring time. The female owl incubate the eggs for 33 days and during this period the male provides the food.
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