The Eurasian eagle-owl is perhaps the world's largest owl. It weighs up to 3 kilos, basically twice as much as, for example, the Ural owl. It likes to nest at high altitudes, in mountainous environments. And if it does not find that, it can, as in this case, suffice with an industrial environment. This picture was taken in a gravel pit and the background is slightly retouched to give it a more natural touch. In reality, this female eagle-owl lies on a blue platform of metal but with sand or gravel piles on it. It only has one nestling. The wooly item on the right is the rest of a hare, the eagle-owl's larder...