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[OT] Owl cam!
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:53:11 +0100
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me9...
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Unusual but stressed owl discovered. Cam on nest, apparently!
l>
Not got time to try it out right now though.
james.dore...
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Lonely owl in Thrupp:
Sara Kirk...
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Ohhhh - the poor little thing :(
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me9...
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Aww. But the Thruppians can surely make a quick buck, selling burgers
and commemorative plates.
james.dore...
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The Boat (nice pub in Thrupp) is doing a roaring trade apparently. But
the scops would only make one small burg
+ + + NO CARRIER + + +
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Sara Kirk...
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I shall check it out right away!
peter...
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Looks fascinating. In an owlish kinda way.
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Sara Kirk...
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if you like your owls.
me9...
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Some of them looked quite large, I thought.
Sara Kirk...
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Just the camera angle.
me9...
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I'm not so sure about that. I'm sure I caught sight of a JCB in the
corner of one of the nesting boxes, and they dwarfed it.
Sara Kirk...
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Oh you innocent! It was of course a miniature cardboard cutout of a JCB,
put there as a toy for the young 'uns to play with. Though why anyone
would want to teach them to think that farm machinery is their friend I
Chris Ridd...
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You don't know many young boys do you? Let me rephrase that! Let's just
say "Bob the Builder"...
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just don't know.
me9...
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Hmm. The thing is, there was a real bloke sitting in it, and he wasn't
an animation, a hologram, nor a homunculus, either. Those owls were
large.
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Elliott Roper...
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Today's Guardian. WIldlife sheet today is birds of prey and owls. With
sizes.
Bubo Bubo to 71 cm
It has a JCB in its mouth.
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tim...
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Uh-oh... "Your viewing Webcam 1".
Oh dear.
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ames...
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Huh?? What's this "if" stuff?
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