by Matthew Cobb
These orphaned baby owls are named Christie and Linford, after the famous UK sprinter, Linford Christie.
They are six weeks old and were hatched and hand reared by park keeper Jimmy Robinson from Wiltshire. Jimmy is reading Jerry’s favourite book nature book…
I saw this on @scicurious ‘s twitter feed, where it was linked to this site where there are more pics. The original pics, sadly, appear to be on the Daily Mail website (I’m not linking there…)
Cracking photo in the Telegraph today …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/9169003/Pictures-of-the-day-27-March-2012.html?frame=2178328
Apparently the bird was banging the fish against the sign!
That’s a really good shot.
The next one with the fox and the skunk also has a certain je ne sais quoi about it 😉
This is a bit OT but I just read Stanley Fish’s reaction to Chris Hayes’s show on Sunday: Citing Chapter and Verse: Which Scripture Is the Right One?
Of course, it’s just Stanley Fish being Stanley Fish but maybe it’s something for JAC to sink his teeth into.
You can link to a site using the
rel=”nofollow”
tag. That way search engines won’t follow the link and the site won’t benefit.
We are the Owls that say Knee!
This stimulated a flashback. When I was about ten, we hand reared a baby owl that apparently had fallen from a nest. His name was “Wol” after the character in the Pooh books. What I remember most vividly is the looks on visitors faces as they realized that, yes, there is an owl perched on the top of the living room drapes.
Like that? – you will love this Eagle owl
http://www.dogwork.com/owfo8/
Also this!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonidzerda/4003273528/