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    2 days ago

    Saw something remarkable this morning, there she was all relaxed sat in a tree, along came a dog, the owl elongated herself in defence from the dog and morphed into a different looking owl, amazing.

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      Yes, indeed. White Faced Scops does not have sole rights to metowlmorphosis. With muscular control over their feathers, they can shrink or swell tremendous amount.

      This one is taking it the other direction:

      This is the same species of owl, just the American coloration instead of the European.