An Indian Barn Owl <i>Tyto javanica stertens</i> I met during my travel through Kumarakom backwaters in Kerala, India. The owl hunted a rat and killed it. I came closer and it was reluctant to fly away as it cannot fly away with the rat. You can see the rat in blood beneath the owl's feet.
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