Derpy one second, gorgeous the next.
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She's so pretty!
Right?! I was successfully able to identify her too thanks to your micro-lesson the other day 🙏
Nice! Always glad to be useful!
I'm personally a fan of the lady Snowy pattern. The speckles are just so wonderful!
What a ham!
Interesting it's all the way in a corner, I would have guessed the blocked retreat would be a deterrent, but maybe top predator that can fly doesn't worry too much about that.
A lot of the raptors at work hang in the corner. Maybe it's a bit of the Old West or gangster mentality of sitting with your back to the wall facing the door so nobody can sneak up on you?
They can still get the heck out of there pretty fast too, running or flying.