A photograph of a large banyan tree with thick, smooth grey trunks and aerial roots spreading through its branches. Partly hidden in a dark hollow of the trunk near the centre sits a small, streaked brown and white owlet or owl-like bird, looking out. Green leaves fill the upper left, with bright sky showing between branches. No people are visible in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a large banyan tree with thick, smooth grey trunks and aerial roots spreading through its branches. Partly hidden in a dark hollow of the trunk near the centre sits a small, streaked brown and white owlet or owl-like bird, looking out. Green leaves fill the upper left, with bright sky showing between branches. No people are visible in the scene.

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A photograph of a small spotted owl perched in a hollow of a large banyan tree trunk. The owl has a mottled brown and white speckled plumage and is turned slightly away from the camera, partly hidden in the dark opening of the bark. Thin tree branches frame the left and right of the image, and green foliage is blurred in the lower left. No people are visible.

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A small brown-and-white spotted owl perches in a hollow of a large, gnarled banyan tree trunk, partly hidden by thin branches in the foreground. Its feathers are mottled grey and cream with dark streaks, and its head is turned down and tucked toward its body. The bark is rough and dark, with a cut or broken knot beside the owl, and bright patches of sunlight fall on the lower wood. No people are visible in the frame.