Rare Long-eared Owl Breeding Recorded in Pine Tree in Ulju-gun

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1. A Long-eared Owl, designated Natural Monument No. 324, was observed raising its chicks in a pine tree at a badminton center in Jinae-ri, Sangbuk-myeon, Ulju-gun, for a full month.
2. On June 19, center director Kim Sang-u discovered 2 eggs and 1 chick, and Ulsan installed a surveillance camera that recorded the moment the birds left the nest on July 16.
3. Ulsan plans to continue monitoring whether the owl returns to the same tree next year, and the empty nest has since been taken over by a Green Woodpecker.

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