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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Tulips, Netherlands
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Roller coaster in Nagashima Spa Land, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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Stonewall uprising anniversary
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Udaipur, India
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Piecing together a better tomorrow
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA
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Where fire and water meet
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Isn’t this view mesmerizing?
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława river, Poland
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Colours of spring
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Remembering the Mahatma
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All is calm
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When only a hug will do
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Spiegelgracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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A scented sea of purple
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Paro Tsechu Festival, Bhutan
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Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
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Strokkur geyser in Iceland
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Love is in the snow
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Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien!
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A gorge-ous place to drop in
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Park of the Monsters
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Which bird wore it best?
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The ‘Old Bridge,’ reborn
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Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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Eastbourne Pier, East Sussex, England
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‘Moravian Tuscany’
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