Unlike most of the Caturday video smiles I share, this video is neither overtly amusing nor silly. But it is stunning. This HD video is a slow-motion (1000 frames per second) capture of an eagle owl as it comes in for a landing. I've watched this video dozens of times during the past three weeks, and I still notice new details I'd not seen before. I am sure you'll enjoy watching this, too:

This is a shorter video of (possibly) the same owl. Watching those feet (and claws!!) coming at the camera (my face) is really impressive:

If these videos are impressive, just imagine what you'd feel like if you were the size of a mouse!

Here's another video from the same videographer. This video captures a finch coming in for a landing on a birdfeeder:

I'll let you mystery birders try to ID these birds more specifically (I know what they are!).

NOTE: the silly cat/pet/animal videos that are shared here on Saturday (Caturday) mornings are intended to amuse. This feature is designed to help hard-working and stressed-out people shed their professional façade so they can be better friends, companions, parents, family members and drinking pals to those in their personal lives. Any relationship between these videos and science or any scientific principle is sweet when I manage to present a solid connection to you, but is random, mostly unintended and usually coincidental.

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