The KAIYODO Blakiston's Fish Owl walkaround by Kikimalou

Hi there, I know some of us have already the Blakiston's Fish Owl made by KAIYODO for the Natural monuments serie.

This bird was on the top of my wishlist but the prices were often too expensive for me. Collecting is often a matter of patience. It is at home now.

Blakiston's Fish Owl, is a fish owl. Its habitat is riparian forest, with large, old trees for nest-sites, near lakes, rivers, springs and shoals which don't freeze in winter.
On Osman ratings, the most reputable owl combined mesuring tool, where hight, weight and wingspan are added up, Blakiston's Fish Owl is the largest species of owl over the Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)and the Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) (It measures 60–71 cm (24–28 in) in length.
Superficially, this owl resembles the Eurasian Eagle-Owl but is paler, and has relatively broad and ragged ear tufts which hang slightly to the side. The upperparts are buff-brown and heavily streaked with darker brown coloration. The underparts are a paler buffish-brown and less heavily streaked. The throat is white. The iris is yellow (whereas the Eurasian Eagle-Owl typically has an orange iris).
The Blakiston's Fish Owl feeds on a variety of aquatic prey. The main prey is fish, with common prey including pike, catfish, tuna, trout and salmon. Some fish these owls catch are quite large, weighing at least as much as the owl. In Russia, amphibians are taken in great quantity in spring.