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marron12

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  • The Postman

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  • An all white Snowy is a mature male owl.

    Interesting! I had no idea. He was preening himself in the sun. I got a few pictures, but they're kind of blurry.

    I would love to have gotten a picture of the spectacled owl because the colors are so striking, like you said.

    The Uhu (eagle owl) had pretty orange eyes. I was hoping to see its wingspan to see how it compares to a Great Horned Owl.

  • The Postman

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  • What a pretty bird. I saw an eagle owl in Berlin recently that looked a bit like this. Sitting in the sun, and part of her body was hidden like this one behind a post, so she didn't look all that tall. Beautiful colors. They had a pure white snowy owl and a spectacled owl too. They could fly around freely in a big enclosure, which was pretty neat.

  • Face to Face

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  • They really are beautiful, and that's a fantastic picture.

  • Congo Bay Owl

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  • Barn owls live pretty much all over the world, right? Never heard of bay owls, but this one looks like a cousin of a barn owl.

  • Forest Queen

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  • The red ones especially are very pretty. I thought it would stick out more, but it's well camouflaged.

  • If you have an inner voice, does it sound like you or someone else?

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  • It usually sounds like me. I can hear it in someone else's voice if I'm thinking about something they said or might say. I can use other voices too, or make one up, but that takes more effort.

    There's also one that feels like a ghost of my real voice. That's the fastest one to think in. It's very neutral and colorless (for anyone else who thinks of voices in terms of colors).

  • TIL the country that eats the most pizza per capita is Norway.

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  • Haha I get it! I'm more curious than cautious when it comes to things like this, for better or for worse. So far, I've only had good experiences. Just offered because I don't think we live all that far apart.

  • TIL the country that eats the most pizza per capita is Norway.

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  • I'd go in with you if you wanted. I order stuff from Europe all the time and it's fine. PM if you want.

  • minty couscous, salad (w feta, kalamata olives, crispy chickpeas), pan-fried chicken

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  • I'd call it sauteed chicken. You could also call it pan-fried or pan-seared. Or pan-roasted, which can involve putting it in the oven. Fried chicken is this stuff, the kind that has breading and is deep fried.

    Or how I usually say it when I'm talking to a friend: I just threw it in a pan and browned it on both sides.

    Your picture looks good, makes me want tabouli.

  • I finally found the Owl of the Year Awards!

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  • Maybe if there were different divisions, like big/small or northern/southern hemisphere, that might give different ones more of a chance. And the winners of each division face off for owl of the year. I'm partial to big and majestic myself, or unique, but small and fluffy is always popular.

  • Feeding Time

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  • A real life Nibbler. It's cute in a funny looking sort of way. They do grow fast.

  • Cat sitting - pick-up day. Got a little cuddle time in with Pünktchen and Koda plus a little playtime with Lilly. Miez is now happy to have the living room back to herself.

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  • I never noticed it before, but the cream colored markings above Koda's eyes look kind of like tiny horns. A very cute little vampire.

    I always look forward to your posts and the past couple days were a treat.

  • shrimp colour drama

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  • I don't need glasses. Haven't had my hearing tested, but I think it might be better than average. I can hear high frequencies annoyingly well, 20kHz or a little more (checked with a spectrum analyzer). It's fun to listen to the high harmonics in music. Vacuum cleaners and electric cars are less fun.

    I can usually hear my muscles and bones moving. It's very quiet and low frequency, and the muscles rumble. I can usually tune it out though.

  • shrimp colour drama

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  • Hearing is a backup sense.

    That might vary by person, but for me it's not. If I had to pick between being able to see and being able to hear, it'd be hearing, hands down. Being able to see is amazing and I'd miss it, but hearing is just a whole other dimension.

    Being able to know how someone is feeling, just by hearing their voice. Listening to music and hearing all the shapes, colors, and feelings that come with it. The colors aren't always ones you can see, like blue or yellow. It's hard to describe. I'll close my eyes and just listen at a concert (not the whole time) and same with TV, a lot of times. I usually remember it better that way.

    If I have to find something in a backpack, I'll often do it by feel. I probably look like a raccoon washing its food, but it just works for me. You can tell things apart by feel and sound.

  • When the Owl is More Prickly Than the Cactus...

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  • It's impressive to see the big ones in person. It takes them about 70 years to get 6 feet tall. They can live to be 150 and weigh over a ton. Seeing how the sun reflects off of the stone cliffs at sunset is neat too (Arizona). And how many stars you can see at night.

    I don't miss the desert (I'm made for the cold), but there are fascinating things about it.

  • Whispering Trees

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  • !lemmySilver

    Show some love to a big bird, and the light is amazing too.

  • Theatricowl

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  • Ohhh yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

  • Today I learned hyphenated words are largly obsolete

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  • There are different ones for different kinds of writing (general, academic, journalism, and more). Chicago Manual of Style is one of the general ones. It's good, and considered authoritative, but you have to buy a copy or an online subscription.

    A free one that I like is Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab from a university). It's easy to understand and has good info.

  • Theatricowl

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  • Fascinating. It almost seems like it would be a liability having a hole to your lungs right in the middle of your tongue. But I guess it works when you can just swallow your food whole and maybe don't even have to drink water (?). Maybe a short path to the lungs is helpful for flying.