I ate his liver with some fava beans and nice Chianti

May 13, 2013 • 3:21 pm

The caption of this Twitter picture reads:

I’ve been looking at this photo of an owl being weighed for nearly 3 minutes and I might never stop.

For you non-metric types, that’s 3.25 ounces. In other words, it would take five of these owls to make a pound.

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25 thoughts on “I ate his liver with some fava beans and nice Chianti”

  1. If you look up ‘cute’ in the dictionary, there’s a picture of a Northern Saw-whet. Love these little guys!

  2. HERE’S three heart warming pics of the same “Owl burrito” with explanation:-

    In October of 2009, the University of Minnesota Raptor Center’s clinic has admitted 15 Northern saw-whet owls. he majority of them suffered traumatic injuries from colliding with objects such as windows. Head and internal trauma were common injuries, but the bird pictured here suffered from a fractured pelvis. This adult female saw-whet was a restless patient, but after about two weeks of cage rest and one week of exercise, her energies were once again put into surviving life in the wild.

    Northern Saw-whet owls are the smallest owls in Minnesota. They weigh in at only 65-100 grams, live in woodland areas in northern and central Minnesota and the Twin Cities area.

    1. Thanks for the back story and the additional pics. Loved the captions, not to mention that adorable owl!

  6. I don’t know whether it’s extra cute or strangely disturbing that the owl has been wrapped up in a blanket covered with squeaking mice.

  7. Owlet?

    Is it not time to over the cgs/MKS issue. Time to join the rest of the world.

    Of course, save that the Brits still use miles and MPH..

  8. That really whets my appetite. I’ll have 2 burritowls to go, please.

  9. So what kind of owl is it? Is it a Burrowing Owl like we have in the desert near Las Vegas Nv?

    1. It’s a Northern Saw-whet, David. They live mainly in coniferous forests, but every winter a few come down to the low desert around Phoenix, where they always cause a stir among the local birders. It wouldn’t surprise me greatly if you had the occasional wintering bird in LV too.

  11. She has that “why is this happening to me?” look in her eyes. I hope they remembered to subtract the weight of the diaper.

  12. With those claws and that beak, I can’t imagine what it must have taken to wrap her up like that in the first place…though I can certainly understand the desire to have her secured in such a state.

    Absolutely adorable, yes…and a flying buzzsaw!

    b&

  13. 3.25 ounces? It’s is a pet peeve of mine, this mixing of bases within numbers. Fractions of an ounce in decimals…when there are 16 ounces in a pound. It makes me cringe! Not so important for these little owls, but I’m in the baby-weighing business, where scales actually read “7 lbs 6.5 ounces”. Awful numbers! I’m all in for grams only! But dang that owl is cute.

    1. That’s already clear from the picture.

      So out of curiosity, how would you complete the sentence “For you non-metric types, that’s…”? Assuming your audience includes non-metric types and that you feel kindly disposed toward them (as Jerry clearly does).

      1. that’s about 3.25 ounces (0.2 lbs) since there are about 28.349 grams per ounce. (Give a man fish or teach him to fish or both…)

      2. I wouldn’t write the sentence. The only way to teach/learn metrics is to use the metrics only. But guys, I did say the owl was cute!

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