Eagle-Owl Eurasian (Bubo bubo) flight – Kolpeck Pass, Kazakhstan

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From the Park Wardens cottage we walked about 3km along and up the pass, all of a sudden Eurasian Eagle-Owl was flushed from the long grass and flew to this nest.  We waited for some time and the Eagle Owl took me quite by surprise, I could only rattle off out of focus photos as it flew direct over my head.  This excellent photo was provided by Manda Simmons who was in the same group. She was better prepared and at a better location.