Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) flies towards the camera and eats a mouse

This wild, but tame Great Grey Owl is still actively "hunting" out in the open and is enjoying herself posing to the cameras near Oulu, Finland. See a new set of Harri Taavetti's images at finnature.fi/ph.... In this video She flies to catch a mouse and eats it directly in front of camera and flies away.

[@CommissarKane]

Incredible and stunningly beautiful bird

[@wasdf999]

I love how he looks at the camera for a second after landing, "is this for me? :)"

[@travisdaye1977]

ive never seen an animal give less of a fuck than this owl.

[@jacquelineblackwell8153]

What a beautiful animal.

[@shravansmasher]

Hmm. It is nice to observe nature at close quarters but I am against baiting. Isn' t the thrill of creeping as close as you can and watching the owl catch its own prey far more rewarding and ethical?

[@son0flaw366]

Hell yeah shravan!

[@cubingwithcarl4572]

shravansmasher yeah

[@pokemonvskirby]

me: - is just standing and watching-suddently screams out- OH MY GOSH ITS TWILIGHT!

[@silverstarthehybrid8122]

"Oh, wings of silver spread on high, Fierce eyes of golden light, Across the clouds of purple hue In sheer majestic flight-Oh, Twilight! Oh, Twilight, most beautiful of owls, Who sculpts the air Beyond compare. With feathers so sublime, An owl for now- An owl for then- An owl for all of time."

[@BlauViolett]

last week i had a great grey owl on my hand... it's amazing how light they are although they're so big :)

[@mack1time]

+Marlyn Logo I bet that was amazing. I have a video on my channel petting a great grey owl but never got to hold one. Were his claws digging into you ?

[@BlauViolett]

My hand and my arm were covered in a thick leather glove. Now I'm going to see your video ;)

[@silverstarthehybrid8122]

"Oh, wings of silver spread on high, Fierce eyes of golden light, Across the clouds of purple hue In sheer majestic flight- Oh, Twilight! Oh, Twilight, most beautiful of owls, Who sculpts the air Beyond compare. With feathers so sublime, An owl for now- An owl for then- An owl for all of time." -Twilight, Guardians of GaHoole

[@dmitrygreen4002]

"Am I looking good from this angle, or am I looking good from this angle?"

[@ravioli2389]

So alert when on the ground after eating.....the owl knows it's vulnerable......simply amazing !

[@DelightfullyFoggy]

This isn't a tame owl, you are manipulating her using live food that is otherwise hard to find and using baiting in order to pretend to be a wildlife photographer. Baiting is highly unethical and will habituate her to humans, so eventually she will likely hurt herself or a human. Please consider sitting and letting nature actually takes it course. This is not wildlife photography.

[@mack1time]

+Ciconiiformes Just like it for what it is , why comment and troll here, if you don't support baiting then don't watch it, People like you with bird feeders and Hummingbird sugar water feeders or that have fed a duck some bread at a local park are just as guilty just can't seem to admit it to themselves, Hypocrites. Be glad he is just shooting with a camera man and not doing like so many hunters do maybe not with owls specifically but their are people that bait to shoot and shoot to kill. Go bother them not someone that fed an owl its natural prey for some beautiful photos and video

[@DelightfullyFoggy]

+mack1time It's unethical and I like these fake wildlife photographers to know that they aren't talented. This doesn't take work. This isn't how a national geographic photographer gets "the shot". And feeding prey animals is VERY different from feeding a predator, and feeding bread is horrible for birds. It would be helpful for you to understand predator/prey dynamics and behavior before commenting and pretending that you know anything. Any decent photographer, bird watcher, hawk watcher or biologist knows this is bad, and I want this person to be aware of why they are a shitty human being. Let nature be natural, don't interfere so you can get "likes" on KZbin and Facebook.

[@Sergiocrivelin]

She's HUGE. *-*

[@joshuaadams7023]

And so fricken cute. I LOVE OWLS!!!!!!

[@Sergiocrivelin]

Joshua Adams they're AWESOME :D

[@wheatstonebridge]

Sergiocrivelin she aint fat, she fluffy!!

[@soldieroffreedom9640]

So beautiful, thank you for sharing this incredible video!

[@scotturban54]

thanks for posting

[@lindas5964]

That owl looks very healthy and well fed lol

[@ponylover2206]

What a beautiful owl it is.

[@Stop_Elitists_Wars]

Baiting Wild animals isn't helpful to Nature as Humans in many cases are dangerous but since Nature is heavily persecuted by our general actions I'd say it neutralises this baiting. Depending on what Owls being fed & frequency

[@ТоготогТоготогтотогот]

А что? Больше не подкинут ? Жаль, ..., Мало !

[@mothbits]

one of the most beautiful creatures to ever grace this Earth

[@stuartschaffner9744]

This video is likely a composite. The perch the owl starts on and the one it ends up on are ill-suited to be owl perches. They are obviously quite weak but they do not bend under the weight of the owl.

[@sndsofscnce]

What a beautiful bird!

[@Judaswoof]

So cute!!

[@loria2000]

Terrible...this guy is baiting owls, and causing them to become habituated. All for the sake of a stupid photo...shame on him...highly unethical!!!!!

[@TheRyano4ever]

when you say habituated do you mean teaching it to not fear humans? which presumably would be bad because they'd seek them out for food decreasing their chances of survival in the wild? I'm taking up animal behaviour at a college and have a little bit of trouble remembering all the terms and what they mean

[@sylvaineckhardt]

And they are making business of that, bringing tourists to those places for photography. Finnature Oy is the firm.

[@HyperDragoonHx]

Personally, I think of Errol from the Harry Potter series when I see a Great Grey Owl.

[@jdsk800]

"Look, everyone! Weasley's got himself a howler!"

[@HyperDragoonHx]

@@jdsk800 Just like that scene. and the one before it over at the burrow.

[@aahzmandiusblack]

If I am not mistaken Strix Struma is a spotted Eagle Owl. she is described as a regular spotted owl but if you search for her species you will see the similarities of the eagle Owl opposed to the regular spotted.. Eagle owls are in the Strix family. So she was referring to that. Eagle and Grey are both Strix species.

[@DeadDancers]

SO CUTE!

[@cindijackson]

Baiting wild animals is dangerous and unethical birding/photography. Don’t support such activities.

[@arteklatrek9052]

I can not even imagine that any animal aby life-form could be more beautiful and might he improved.. This owl is just an example how brilliant mother-Nature or ... How great G*d is. It's imposible to understand...

[@b.e.s.i3813]

A masterpiece of GOD♥️

[@babyowl53]

Now makes me not so impressed with some wildlife photographers.

[@esvhawkeye]

Just like in legend of the guardians twilight caught a vole

[@RedAmalgam2000]

He/she gave the csmeraman the death stare at 0:19 lmao!

[@snakeeyes9246]

very awesome and huge bird. North America's largest owl and in terms of length, the largest in the world.

[@Jordan-fy8ut]

LOL love it!!

[@kerrykestrowl6785]

Beautiful gray 🦉 owl

[@aahzmandiusblack]

If you want to see how tolerant Greys can be search Great Greys an watch one of several that shows just how much they will tolerate humans. Greys flying and hunting just a hands span away from them and even lets one of them pet him. Great vids. makes you want to just reach out an touch him yourself. OWLS RULE!!

[@Habaybay7]

OMG sooo cute!!!

[@jakubprzyrodnik]

Great video! Very enjoyable! Greetings.

[@nelfimonsanto6745]

IT sckare

[@carlobrigante4764]

u know that's not good to do, but u do it any way.

[@dcaramia]

Where did you get the mouse to feed it?

[@mariusursaciuc]

yes it is, unfortunally...

[@dorhi7]

Its common nicknames are: Phantom of the northern forest (or Phantom of the nNorth), Great grey ghost (or Grey ghost). Its scientific name, "nebulosa",is derived from the Latin word"Nebulosus", meaning misty or foggy.

[@イソスケ]

ひどい。けどこわい😮

[@wildwildItaly]

Awesome video🦉♥️

[@GUnitSeanAKAmong]

I'm the summer, I'm traveling from Kajaani to Utsjoki, the onto Lakselv in Norway. What are the chances of seeing Great Grey, Eagle and Snowy owls during my travels?

[@cobraglatiator]

silly owl,you don't know what you tube is!!! lol.

[@Snakeman418]

Canon eos 1d mark III? I know you got some great shots, though.

[@aahzmandiusblack]

On another note someone asked if they could expect to see one these greys, an eagle or a Snowy owl in their travels? I can say yes and no. Most often a grey will not come as close as this one does BUT they have bee known to be very tolerant of human presence. Eagles can be tolerant but most times no and Snowy owls are VERY protective of their nests so don't go to near them. NOT very tolerant at all. They will attack Violently if they feel threatened so be cautious and view from afar.

[@nutjob76]

this is my spirit animal

[@ardalla535]

Can an owl swoop down, eat prey, then sit there and locate another, fly up while keeping location on the prey, then swoop down and catch it? Do owls always have to hunt from a high perch?

[@forsterl.stewart414]

Baiting in is a great way to get the shot.

[@Zukatsr125]

I though owls only hunted on the nights :S

[@carlannerstedt6796]

Söder om Skellefteå 1979 såg jag en , hade kameran på hotellet, återvände dan därpå, hade en Nikon F2 med ett 400 mm, tog fyra rullar, kastade ett par snöbollar som den dök på , har stött på lappuggla senare i Håckrenområdet. har en skrämmande upplevelse av slaguggla i kolmörker, härmade en vid Lillsjöhögen i Jämtland

[@DxShutter]

nice

[@Robot404_]

Lol, before this was posted on Reddit had 40k views for over 5 years, now it has 85,000

[@Mazryonh]

How is this owl both wild and tame at the same time? Is she a trained owl posing for photographers?

[@frost7724]

was this in alaska?

[@Y2K_Bugs]

he looks just like Twilight from GOG!

[@juha2031]

"No jos teillä ei oo enempää hiiriä..." :D

[@waldorf2007]

I came here to see the mouse. The horror.

[@ConstintinosRecon]

Geez twilight that was a little rude infront of the camera!

[@sylvaineckhardt]

WILD life photography, what a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Dhark0rion]

Jeezes, he lookes excactly like Twilight from 'Legend of the Guardians'. Where's the lute?

[@fredgardner2870]

do owls attack humans ? how dangerous are they to people. I'm from new Jersey I've seen 3 owls in my life and they looked tougher then tough

[@elijahglasser1421]

Great owl

[@RoGameReview]

that look haha 00:20

[@nyancat]

Great video, but please just chill out with those Annotations.

[@sandroadami5869]

Animale eccezionale.. stupendo ,)

[@lesliewood4154]

I swear Negative people crack me up!!!! I love Owls they are beautiful birds and if they want to interact with humans its their right if not they don't have to!!!! I'm not going sneak up on one and grab it and say Gotcha Bitch... That a way to get its Talons put on you roughly. And if one ever landed on me I'm not going to freak out ether!!!

[@debashismondal7893]

I like owl bird

[@fabianodavianodavianofabio5007]

Wow forte

[@enricotoesca3941]

🥰🦉

[@piavargas]

ahahahahahah wonderfull!

[@owllee59]

ne eule aus legende der wächterxD

[@fabianodavianodavianofabio5007]

Ciao buona sera wow

[@cirogiardullo2879]

Norvegia

[@NATURECAMHD]

So you threw a live mouse at this owl just because you wanted to get the shot that badly? Amateur.

[@mazzidani]

if u look closer u can see its fake

[@bytheway456]

this is not ethic at all. shame on you.. only for photos..

[@evebelisle79]

Such a pity. Owl baiting is now a problem all over the world.

[@son0flaw366]

I scrolled for a while to finally see that somebody knows whats up. Thank you!

[@carrasco30g]

wonderfull animal

[@WanderingSoleTV]

Such amazing creatures!

[@dcaramia]

Holy crap... That's an amazing bird!!

[@jia683]

maybe just bird photographers... i wouldn't try this with a lion.

[@mightysubstance2262]

Owl: what are you staring at?

[@ariescaandrian1541]

You tricky the owl