check out the pictures that I found today on flickr

[nanguz]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25907924@N05/sets/72157605375847957/

[Lizz]

Neat!
 

[valhalla]

Ok, that was a WOW!   

[Donna]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25907924@N05/sets/72157605375847957/

  Those are amazing photos......

Donna

[Paul Hamilton]

Now that we have been wowed byu the pictures, it;s time for movies.  How about a nice dinner, followed by owls swooping around?  (hint: this plays well in fullscreen).  A good reason to go to the UK.

http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/Activities_and_events/owlsbymoonlight.shtml

Paul

[Donna]

Now that we have been wowed byu the pictures, it;s time for movies.  How about a nice dinner, followed by owls swooping around?  (hint: this plays well in fullscreen).  A good reason to go to the UK.

http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/Activities_and_events/owlsbymoonlight.shtml

Paul

That was just great Paul.....Owls were amazing and so was the music. Thanks.

Donna

[valhalla]

Now that we have been wowed byu the pictures, it;s time for movies.  How about a nice dinner, followed by owls swooping around?  (hint: this plays well in fullscreen).  A good reason to go to the UK.

http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/Activities_and_events/owlsbymoonlight.shtml

Paul

Great find Paul!     Thanks! 

[dale]

Terrific pictures and great film! Thanks!

Yesterday I was down at the Indiana Dunes State Park and in the nature center they have a LOT of stuffed owls and every sort of raptor and some waterfowl. The naturalist told me that over many years, birds that have been found dead or killed by cars, etc. have been preserved by a friends of the dunes park group. GHOs, I noticed, have feathers on their feet, rather short soft ones (not the long feathers snowies have on their toes). The nature center also has a back window onto their feeders. The dunes is a very well-known birding area, and there was a terrific little selection of birds at the feeders when I was there, including a family of towhees, ruby-throated hummers, nuthatches, and goldfinches. There were also baby squirrels hanging around ("you can have those," the naturalist muttered). On a counter was a little bowl with water and a whole bunch of just-hatched snapping turtles. People doing work in the sand had found the eggs and brought them in. They'll keep the babies a couple of weeks and then release them. I got to play with them. They have incredibly long tails.

[nanguz]

Wow! Paul that was awesome. I'm jealous of those people at the hawk conservancy