Kissing burrowing owls

Now and again I work together with Solent News and Photo Agency in the UK to get a bigger audience for my images. Solent News and Photo Agency is an independent press agency, they send news around the world.

 

Every day, their content flows directly into the news: photographic and feature queues of the biggest newspapers and magazines across the globe. It is an around the clock, real-time service at the coal-face of the industry. Solent has a million-image archive and a photo syndication department. 

One of my short image stories is syndicated by the agency. The images are accompanied with a background story:

"PAIR OF LOVE BIRDS.... A male and female burrowing owl are sharing an intimate kiss. 

Professional nature photographer, Marta Demarteau, 39, managed to capture the two burrowing owls showing their affection for one another in a nature park near Diessen, Netherlands.

 Burrowing owls stay together for years and bond through cuddling and kissing one another. When speaking about her favourite aspect of the image, Marta said: “I love the warm feeling these images radiate, especially now in covid times with social distancing. The cuddling and kissing from the owls remind me of bonding and being together.” "

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