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Dusk is a melanistic barn owl, she is the opposite of an albino. This rare gene mutation occurs 1 in 100,000 with none surviving in the wild. Dusk was hatched in a falconry centre in Lincolnshire and now lives at the owl sanctuary at Winterton, Norfolk…

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Flip halfway through to ensure even browning.

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I would make a joke about sooty owls but they’re more of a greyish color

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For owls that are superb.

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