Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website.

This week we chose a short eared owl coming in for a landing on a post in England.

© Nigel Bell

© Nigel Bell

Photographer Nigel Bell studied the owls in the area for weeks before he was able to capture the right shot.

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