Think you can win a staring contest with one of these? With piercing yellow eyes against a grey-brown face, spotted owlets are often seen when small birds spot them during the day and mob them. Once located, these primarily nocturnal owls will often stare down intruders, bob their heads and emit a loud "chirurrr-chirurrr-chirurrr" screech, or what"s sometimes described as laughter or chuckling.
Spotted owlet, Bangkok, Thailand
Today in History
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Red maple
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A modern recreation
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Let’s have a lek, see?
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Atlantic spotted dolphins
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Blue walls of Chefchaouen, Morocco
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World Meteorological Day
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Taughannock Falls State Park, New York
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Boxing Day
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The Wave, Vejle, Denmark
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Shark Awareness Day
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International Literacy Day
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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International Tea Day
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National Mushroom Day
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Notre-Dame reopens
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Star Wars Day
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Paradise Cave, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
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Grey seal pup
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Happy International Zebra Day!
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Tomb of the Golden Pharaoh
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Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
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Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia
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A day for the worlds Indigenous populations
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International Archaeology Day
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Happy Welsh New Year!
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Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia
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Methow Valley, North Cascades, Washington
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