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Day time can be traumatic for ullus! Babblers and Laughing Thrushes, sunbirds and bulbuls all harass and create a crackling cacophony around them, if an owl is seen trying to quietly sleep on a branch by day. They are bothered and chuckled at, jeered and generally have their sleep ruined! Sleep deprived owl! This poor sleepy Owl or rather Spotted Owlet tries to grab a nap on a bright summer day at Wilderness Orchard Sleepy Owl: This poor Spotted Owlet tries to grab a nap on a bright summer day at Wilderness Orchard Is this regular Ulla of our Indian cities the wise owl we often refer to, in folklore? Certainly seems to be a cute fellow, and harmless to humans too. So all those rumours and notions of "Ulla aankh noch lega" and other such threats are clearly ill-founded. Owls are harmless c
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