OWLS AND THEIR WAYS 



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but by the time the first two are hatched, there 

 are often fresh eggs also in the nest. One bird 

 continues to feed the young while the other sits 



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YOUNG SHORT-EARED OWL. 



continually until all of the eggs are hatched. I 

 have heard of other species of Owls laying their 

 eggs in the same singular manner. 



