Our cutey, Zsa-Zsa, always likes to sun herself, and I got this nice photo of her the other day.

She's one of my favorite birds we have! 🥰

I loved the dark, rich colors.

Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck

As vicious now as back then!

The first year seems to be the toughest for a lot of animals. They don't get a lot of do-overs when they make mistakes. I think first year owl survival rates are around 50%.

I would have thought the weather would be a big contributing factor, but when looking for more Iceland-specific info, I saw this:

This dense, furry protection provides the fox with an enormous advantage against the cold, with temperatures having to drop as low as -94°F (-50°C) before the animal begins to show visible signs of discomfort. In this sense, the Arctic Fox trumps the mighty and far more infamous Polar Bear as the Arctic Circle's best-suited predator. (Source)

Maybe it is just finding a reliable source of food that is key. 🤔

That article also called the fix Iceland's only native mammal. That feels so odd, but it makes sense, it being an island. I wonder how they got there when no other mammal did...