EJ
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: Twit |
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Twoo!
Taken today at the Royal Horticultural Society garden Hyde Hall in Essex. It was a family fun day and they had lots of different events to entertain the kids.
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Sjoerd
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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I like owls alot, EJ. These are some beautiful specimens. Did your kidss like these? I can still remember the first time I saw one...I was very young and was mesmerized by it. I recall that it was so different to anything that I had seen to that point that I wondered if it was real, or if it was magical in some way. --I was very,very young. 
Anyway, great fotos.
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EJ
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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The kids loved them. They both got the hold the British Little Owl...not a very imaginative name for an owl in my opinion. Couldn't take their pic whilst they were holding them tho as they were going to charge £3 each.... around 3.7 euros, $5.5 !!EACH!!
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toni
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful owls, I have loved owls for many years.
$5.50 so you could take the picture yourself? Outrageous, but I guess they have to raise money any way they can.
You're right Sjoerd they do have a magical feel to them. There was one in our neighborhood several years ago, we came home late one night and saw him/her sitting in the tree next to the house.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:21 am Post subject: |
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Owls are some of my favourite birds and those piccies are smashing EJ.  I love the shot of the Little Owl in particular.
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: |
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Oh EJ, those are wonderful. I love owls.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:31 am Post subject: |
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Lovely owls. I especially like the last one. It looks so sweet!  Owls have the prettiest faces.
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Very nice pics. Owls are magical creatures. We only have one kind of owl up here, ofcourse an Arctic Owl. But when i lived further north in Sweden and Finland i remember an Owl that was taller than most children. It was huge.
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Such gorgeous creatures EJ. Thanks for sharing.
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