About fifteen years ago I was walking on a dirt road just north of Hinton, Alberta when I saw Great Grey Owl sitting not more then twenty-five feet away on a fence post. I was floored by its shockingly (to me) large size, striking facial expression and unperturbed demeanor; I suspect that anyone who’s been fortunate enough to see an owl at fairly close range would agree that they are amazing and beautiful creatures. Tonight’s amusement, from the same folks at Peterson Field Guides who brought us the previously featured video about woodpeckers, is an interesting and informative short video about our feathered friends the Owls.
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I was out working in ND once, saw a Great Snowy sitting in a tree. Beautiful birds. Lovely plumage…
Who gives a hoot about those owls?
Seriously, they are amazing creatures (and tough to photograph). There is or was a bird sanctuary down by Lethbridge that had all sorts of raptors in various stages of recuperation from accidents and such. One of the most interesting factoids was the size of the owls’ head is rather small under all the feathers. Makes for a big audio funnel. All the better to hear mice under a layer of snow.
“ John Mellencamp Compares The Web To The Atomic Bomb” Spinner
JustAl in the comments;
“So, let’s recap; nuclear weapons = ability to destroy all life on earth many times over, internet = deflating mega million dollar incomes of entertainment elites back to levels relative to average incomes resembling the 1960’s or so. Yes, definitely the same.
All that from a washed up one hit wonder to boot. I pity the folks who let celebrities color their opinions.”
And I would say that includes all those who were/are duped by ‘celebrity climate alarmists’. (Including Mellonhead)
Hi!!
I am writing this at the request of Citizen X. I’m not familiar with politics of the internet, I only use e-mail to contact my family when necessary, and my work does require that I have the ability to enter the sales of the day on an antique computer. I am a retired farmer, I work part time in a gift shop to pass the day away.
I was a passenger in a Ford pickup in or about 1970 when we hit a snowy owl on a gravel road. . We stopped at Mossbank, Sk. to pick up a six pack, a Chinese man named Curly offered to purchase the owl. I do not recall how much we got, but it must have paid for the six pack. And yes, I do recall that he told us that he was going to make soup with it. That was 40 years ago, I think Curly was originally from Chaplin, Sk. You can phone anyone from Mossbank, they will recall Curly.
As far as pronouncing English, few of the older Chinese could speak very well. Many came from Hong Kong, few of them ever spoke English. I know Citizen X very well, and he is telling the truth. Many chinese ate owls and other birds that we white people could never eat.
I may be from the old school, but if Citizen X was telling a personal story on your news site, why are you tormenting your readers? I read some of the things that were said here. Some of you need mental help.
That’s all for today.
I love the smell of sock puppets in the morning.
johann:
Smells a lot the same as the brown spot on some people’s nose!!
Yay! Our very own class war brought to you by the Liberal party and their pollster. Guess I’m only college educated, cool!
The narrowing race, he says, is “almost certainly exclusively a product of the census decision” that has awakened the university-educated class in Canada.
Indeed, the EKOS results show highly-educated Canadians moving away from the Conservative fold during the census drama – and the Liberals are the main beneficiaries.
Mr. Graves’s tracking shows Grit support among university-educated Canadians climbing to 34.4 per cent from 26.3 per cent over the past several weeks. This as Conservative support among the group has declined to 29.2 per cent from 32.7 per cent support.
“This one movement has tightened the race,” Mr. Graves says. It’s significant, he adds, as “virtually all of what some have called the ‘influentials’ in society [opinion leaders who are early adopters and shapers of future trends] all are located in this segment.”
College-educated Canadians, meanwhile, are sticking with the Tories. “The continued strength of the [Conservatives] with the college-educated suggest that there is a hardening fault line separating the expert and professional classes from the college-educated.”
Citing the too-often-used coffee analogy, Mr. Graves thinks “the Tim Horton versus Starbucks’ conflict may now be spilling over in to other areas.” Dangerous territory for the Tories, he says, as they try to broaden their tent to form a majority government.
Awakening what he describes as an “erstwhile slumbering class of knowledge workers who have ready access to the tools of influence shaping public debate” is not a good strategy in his books. The university-educated crowd, he says, come out to vote.
Citizen “X”
What a load of bunk! Ive had posts that don’t get threw the filter or outright too many posts on one subject. Not in all my years though have I seen My posts disappear unless it was a web glitch. Besides this is a personnel Blog, not public property.
Kate can do what she wants with post. Its her bandwidth, not yours.
You should see the freaks that are allowed to post here. Some with barely discernible content. That content being 5 times the regular post of the average.
Swearing & other things she doesn’t like. So the filter.
Don’t you love it folks when others presume to tell you how to run your own project?
JMO
Boiled owls? I think someone’s been drinking again. Reminds me of the inspired Firesign Theatre character, Boyle M. Owl, president of the Bowel Oil Corporation.
Revnant Dream wrote:
“Kate can do what she wants with post. It’s her bandwith, not yours.” (End of quote.)
Yes–and I see Kate can do whatever she wants with your head, and your will!
ebt:
Re: Boiled owl.
Go to Youtube, enter:
Malaysian foods.
You will also find boiled brains. Very common food in some circles.
You wouldn’t believe some of the stuff they eat in China!
Been there done that, with some of it, not all. The first time I was in Xian I asked my driver about all the petshops with murals of dogs as advertising. He said “not petshop, resturaunt”.
In that three week visit I ate , boiled, BBQ, panfried, hotpot or dog soup every other day. Not by choice but it was a prevalent meal in the city to the north called Yan’an. All was ok but the boiled. There were other dishes that really turned the stomach though, some I could eat others I politely refused.
Remember though my opinions stayed in my mind, and my hosts literally wept when I left them standing at the airport security checkpoint. All I could think smiling and thanking them was “f*cling hell I glad to be out of this craphole and back to civilization”.
I thought I read somewhere that Wols are among the least intelligent of the Birds …
Thanks, Citizen X. I am primed for lunch today! Yum!