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Owls stalking petrels
Getting these extraordinary shots of short-eared owls catching petrels took plenty of patience. The cameraman spent almost two weeks on Genovesa learning the movements of the individual owls and waiting poised ready to film a catch. One eventually happened on the last day of filming.
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