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Wild Eurasian Eagle Owl sits outside on a tree trunk in the rain. Red-eyed, six-week-old bird of prey. raining, raindrops rainy weather.

One month, Eurasian Eagle-Owl chick, Bubo bubo, looking at the camera, isolated on white

Daytime front view close-up of a single majestic Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo) with spread wings upwards taking off from a bark towards, and looking at, the camera - sky and trees in the background [series 1/3]

Detail closeup look on Eurasian eagle-owl chick in the forest with blurred backdound. Bubo bubo

Eurasian Eagle Owl close up with nature background.

Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) sitting high up in a tree in a forest during winter. The bird of prey is resting and looking around in the woodland in Overijssel, Netherlands.

$L 59-73cm, WS 138-170cm.\nResident in mountains an forests, preferring areas with rocks, steep cliffs and mature trees (preferably conifers); often in rocky archipelagos. Scattered distribution, generally rare and local.\nNocturnal and partly crepuscular. Day roost in dense mature spruces or firs, or in cave or crevice.\nFood mammals (voles, rats, hedgehogs, hares) and birds (corvids, gulls, wildfowl).\nNests on inaccessible cliff-edge or less often on the ground by rock, uprooted tree or among boulders, exceptionally in abandoned raptor’s nest or n barn, abandoned factory, etc.\nIn spite of its size and its impressive claws is by and large a non-violent and retiring owl near its nest, and aggressive behaviour toward humans is rare.\n\nThis is a scarce owl in the eastern and Southern part of the Netherlands and is mostly breeding in abandoned Quarries.\n\nThis Picture is made at a Birds of Prey Farm near Lunteren (Gelderland, the Netherlands).$

Young eurasian eagle-owl on the moss looking to the left side. Fluffy animal. Bubo bubo

Eastern Siberian owl in spring pine forest on the ground. Young Siberian Eagle Owl in a forest stand.

Wild tawny owl (Strix aluco) chick sitting on a branch.

Siberian Eagle Owl close up with nature background.

One month, Bubo bubo - Eurasian Eagle-Owl chick looking down, isolated on white

A closeup shot of an owl with brown eyes. Fauna concept

Portrait of Eurasian eagle-owl juvenile (Bubo bubo) sitting near the nest in natural desert habitats, Southern Kazakhstan

This large owl with the distinctive face, large forward-facing eyes, horns and deep resonant call is associated with a number of superstitions. Like many other large owls, these are considered birds of ill omen. Their deep haunting calls if delivered from atop a house are considered to forebode the death of an occupant. A number of rituals involving the capture and killing of these birds have been recorded. Salim Ali notes a wide range of superstitions related to them but notes two as being particularly widespread. One is that if the bird is starved for a few days and beaten, it would speak like a human, predicting the future of the tormentor or bringing them wealth while the other involves the killing of the bird to find a lucky bone that moved against the current like a snake when dropped into a stream.Belief in these superstitions has led to the persecution of the species in many areas by tribal hunters. The capture of these birds is illegal under Indian law but an underground market continues to drive poaching.

Small eurasian eagle-owl, bubo bubo, chicks sitting in the nest on the ground in spring nature. Little owls watching with feathers around in wilderness.

Two yoùng tawny owls (Strix aluco) are looking out of a nesting box.

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