things you notice about owls

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THEY'RE ASSHOLES

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

big eyes

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

don't move a lot

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

feathers

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

suspiciously always present just before something macabre transpires

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

They hang around young boy magicians.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

always complaining about their public transport

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

pellets!

― andy --, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

They go "Whoo".

Quite useful for the Paul O'Grady show audience.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Head:body size ratio fucked up.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Heads can swivel 360 degrees.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

or if they're ric flair fans

xxpost

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

They ARE assholes, aren't they?

And those claws and beak hurt like a sonofabitch.

― fieldmouse (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

http://www.rollingstone.de/media/elements/features/features_pics/leven/jackie_leven.jpg

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

http://www.mgnet.karoo.net/attractowl.jpg

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

the whole round face thing
http://www.african-safari-journals.com/image-files/owl-picture.jpg

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

They are not what they seem.

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

Toot tooT!

― the pr00de abides (pr00de), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

there's a cool australian one called a 'boobook'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:39 (twenty years ago)

http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/plants_animals/photos/5x5/bird_boobook.jpg

cute eh?

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

I bet it just killed and ate a koala :D

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 02:56 (twenty years ago)

ooh i hope so! i don't like koalas. probably not though, he's a WA boobook and we don't have koalas.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 03:03 (twenty years ago)

you are very naughty to not like koalas gem. what is it you dislike: their vicious claws, or the fact they are riddled with chlamydia?

― estela (estela), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

j.lu OTM

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

Koalas are EVIL.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

But wait, this is a thread about owls.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

some owls are droids:

http://radioattic.com/images/hauskins/Hauskins_Owl.jpg

boobook vs Bubo

― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

you are very naughty to not like koalas gem. what is it you dislike: their vicious claws, or the fact they are riddled with chlamydia?

the claws and chlamydia are undoubtedly unattractive aspects of koalas. but the thing i really deeply detest about them is their beady little eyes *shudder*

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 06:33 (twenty years ago)

You can make them from macrame.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

i like owls.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 07:09 (twenty years ago)

Brown Owl at our Brownies was horrible and she wasn't even brown, more of a pasty white with purple rings on her legs.

― estela (estela), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 07:12 (twenty years ago)

you can probably also make them from silvery thread and pins knocked into a bit of wood painted black

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

we have an owl who hangs out near our house, twit-twooing. he rocks.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 09:17 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/DSC00370.jpg
http://www.menalto.com/albums/album20/e587_bubo_eartuffs.sized.jpg

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:05 (twenty years ago)

you're meant to add the caption: coincidence? or... SOMETHING MORE SINISTER

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:11 (twenty years ago)

An Owl and Pussycat, where's the Beautiful Pea Green Boat?

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:14 (twenty years ago)

http://photos22.flickr.com/25901399_fea3eb216b_m.jpg

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:15 (twenty years ago)

owl and the pussycat: which is the lady? (you will get this wrong)

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:16 (twenty years ago)

Apparently, according to birds-of-prey experts, owls are quite stupid birds and their reputation for being wise is a fallacy. Harris Hawks however are supposed to be v intelligent.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

they look intelligent, and sometimes that's enough.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:18 (twenty years ago)

True, true.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:21 (twenty years ago)

i just posted my kitty's picture because she looks like a great-horned owl. especially when she's comfy and has her neck scrunched up and her ears pricked.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:40 (twenty years ago)

also her eyes are owl-like!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:40 (twenty years ago)

My mom has a cat that has a big round head that's a bit on the big side and enormous perfectly round eyes. He looks quite like an owl. Not as much like an owl as Josh & Liberty's cat, though. It too has a very round head with perfectly round eyes.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

does anyone have an owl that looks like a cat? whiskers, that sort of thing

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

What about a cat that looks like a cat?

― BarabadabaDadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

My cat looks like a cat. He eats fortune cookies.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

One late night a friend and myself were wandering across a very foggy golf course. As we approached the hedge border a white 'thing' rose up from the ground and took off at head height across the nearby road. The shock knocked us both to the ground mainly because we didn't at the time know what had happened. It was only after a couple of days did we find out that a white barn owl lived in the area.

So my answer to the question is:
They are creepy fuckers when you stumble across them eating something on the ground at night, in thick fog.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

I have found the winning owl.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

THAT IS GREAT!

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

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awel!

― contenderizer, Thursday, 23 December 2010 05:33 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLZk2Rik0c&feature=player_embedded#at=94

― ENBB, Friday, 18 March 2011 15:57 (fifteen years ago)

omg

― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:02 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLZk2Rik0c

― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:02 (fifteen years ago)

needs to be posted again

― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:03 (fifteen years ago)

"Goddammit, I'm trying to watch this Temple game!"

― http://tinyurl.com/vroooo0ooooom (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:05 (fifteen years ago)

lol

― ENBB, Friday, 18 March 2011 16:26 (fifteen years ago)

http://img.listal.com/image/445421/600full-legends-of-the-hidden-temple-screenshot.jpg

― Morty Maxwell (crüt), Friday, 18 March 2011 16:27 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/06/21/owls-with-stupid-expressions-on-their-faces/

― not_goodwin, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 22:13 (fifteen years ago)

#78: They look good in hats.
http://www.clusterflock.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/owl-in-a-hat.jpg

― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 June 2011 15:42 (fifteen years ago)

omg
they do

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 June 2011 15:45 (fifteen years ago)

so kawaii

― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Friday, 24 June 2011 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqk5hZOUqg&feature=player_embedded#at=18

― my ponies hate you (ENBB), Sunday, 10 July 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)

OK that owl in the hat is insanely adorable. Damn.

― my ponies hate you (ENBB), Sunday, 10 July 2011 19:31 (fourteen years ago)

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54014000/jpg/_54014991_012428936-1.jpg

― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)

The owl seems to have escaped injury.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14111152

― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)

hi baby screech owls!!

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)

owls are so intense

http://youtu.be/yps7pgq1TAk

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Saturday, 16 July 2011 22:52 (fourteen years ago)

And as an aside, nature shows have sure come a long way since Marlon Perkins.

Dude looks like a character out of Yellow Submarine at 2:48.

― Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 16 July 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)

I don't. I never want to spot one in real life ever again. The two times I have it has been creepy and life was not cool for while after that. Apache lore-owls are bad luck.

My best friend has a house filled with owl knick knacks and wears a ton of owl themed jewelry. Works for her.

― *tera, Sunday, 17 July 2011 03:52 (fourteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/Vcepb.jpg

― g++ (gbx), Friday, 22 July 2011 21:15 (fourteen years ago)

This is also my daughter when the intro theme to T.U.F.F. Puppy comes on.

http://i.imgur.com/abrpc.gif

― ≝ (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 4 August 2011 16:09 (fourteen years ago)

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1PFLuTrgM

― dayo, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 15:47 (fourteen years ago)

i'm strongly pro-owl.

― dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:43 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqmba7npY8g

― dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)

some alan ginsberg poem is all over the newsie wewsies

― The Triumph of the Will High (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:51 (fourteen years ago)

those are excellent owls though, owls are good people

― The Triumph of the Will High (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:53 (fourteen years ago)

over-represented in Premier League management

― Ridin' Skyrims (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:53 (fourteen years ago)

There was a pretty big owl sitting on an aerial opposite the post office in my village. Just chilling and enjoying the daytime hubbub.

― sleep daphnia (dowd), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:37 (fourteen years ago)

i'm strongly pro-owl.

― dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), dinsdag 15 november 2011 19:43 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)

i would like to pat a cute owl who closes its eyes in contentment

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)

(long-eared, btw) x-posts

― sleep daphnia (dowd), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7bsnyOmQa1qa47p7.jpg

― moo-town slackers (Pillbox), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)

once a coworker told me i have owl eyes

― the MMMM cult (La Lechera), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 22:18 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

I guess South West Texas is owl country, because every night they start their cooing that goes on all night, not just one or two, but it's numerous and endless. Tonight they are in the trees outside our window and it's driving me crazy! Owls are not cool.

― JacobSanders, Friday, 13 December 2013 07:40 (twelve years ago)

It's not just one cooing sound or whatever you call these owl sounds, it's different tones and inflections, high and low, long and short and it's goes on and on all night from owl to owl and so on. Even the high school football team is called the Owls.

― JacobSanders, Friday, 13 December 2013 07:45 (twelve years ago)

You should've asked your real estate agent if you were moving into an owl neighborhood.

― alan watts, he made me hot (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 December 2013 09:03 (twelve years ago)

Always sad the see the Owlification of an area, forcing the residents out, deafened by incessant hooting.

― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 13 December 2013 14:26 (twelve years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://i.imgur.com/mz1vt4G.gif

― 龜, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:02 (twelve years ago)

They've figured out how to use Vine?

― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:43 (twelve years ago)

ten months pass...

https://vine.co/v/Oe3qaAu0hK5

― 龜, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 21:45 (eleven years ago)

their dignity

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32863603/2014-11-22%2014.24.33.jpg

― why do I hate that thing (excluding imago, marcos) (wins), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 21:51 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

The Terror Owl of Purmerend is no more:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/14/eagle-owl-caught-dutch-town-attacks-purmerend-netherlands

― cgi bubka (NickB), Saturday, 14 March 2015 09:57 (eleven years ago)

six years pass...

Baby Barn owl photographed in mid-run
📸 Hannie Heere pic.twitter.com/BikGjRnb6d
— Diane Doniol-Valcroze (@ddoniolvalcroze) December 8, 2021

― silverfish, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 17:50 (four years ago)

ten months pass...

Saw a bunch of these guys this weekend and it was amazing. Was especially into the screech owl.

― 2-4-6-8 Motor Away (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 October 2022 23:17 (three years ago)

I don think I've ever seen an owl in the wild and I am sad abou t it

― | (Latham Green), Monday, 24 October 2022 00:08 (three years ago)

I once saw a Hawk Owl. That was cool.

― an incomprehensible borefest full of elves (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 24 October 2022 00:35 (three years ago)

There's a falconry place a few houra from here who also has trained owls and will let you hold / fly them.

― fajita seas, Monday, 24 October 2022 00:44 (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=innccA7wrdU

― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 24 October 2022 09:11 (three years ago)

There is never a bad time to post the angry owl in a box story: https://reynen.livejournal.com/97704.html

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/reynen/Colorado/Colorado%2009/september114.jpg

― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 20:07 (three years ago)

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