I usually don’t post personal thrills (liar) but I have a soft spot for owls. I’d only ever gotten to pet a taxidermied one. This is a 4 year-old barn owl rescue; some teenagers brought their imprinted charges out to Holy Island from Berwick on Tweed, to raise money for their parents’ rescue operation. There was this one:
… and this one – a 9 week old abandoned tawny owl:
…and a peregrine falcon and an american kestrel. and 2 very keen and knowledgable teenage girls.
Hi Marina,
You were very lucky, stroking that Barn Owl.
I hardly ever get the chance to see owls that close-up.
Are you interested in cryptozoology?
I have an animation idea that I’d like to discuss with you.
David x