This adorable forehead belongs to a Boreal Owl, also known as Tengmalm’s Owl.

Description from All About Birds

In the dark of the night, the small Boreal Owl comes alive in the spruce and fir forests of northern North America and Europe. This bright-eyed, square faced owl sits and waits on a perch for small mammals and birds before gliding down talons first to grab it. From late winter through spring, its quick, hollow hooting sounds across the dark forest as the male calls for a mate. They spend the year in boreal forests, occasionally making their way farther south in years of prey scarcity.

  • anon6789OP
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    106 months ago

    I ran Pixel’s Unblur on it 4 times and cropped out the rest for you. 😉

    It does seem a little excessive, but that’s artistic license I suppose. It was supposedly a real photographer that took the photo, but this pic has been around the Internet for a while, and I couldn’t confirm the original source.

    • @xor
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      36 months ago

      lol, thanks… that looks a lot better