Posted on 07/15/2011 5:05:44 PM PDT by nuconvert
A woman returned to her Cumbrian home to find a near perfect imprint of an owl on her window.
The bird had apparently crashed into the window of Sally Arnold's Kendal home, leaving the bizarre image - complete with eyes, beak and feathers.
Experts said the silhouette was left by the bird's "powder down" - a substance protecting growing feathers.
Mrs Arnold said she could find no sign of the owl, so assumed it had flown off without serious injury.
She said: "Our first concern was for the welfare of what we suspected was an owl and we opened up the window to check if it was still around.
"Fortunately, there was no sign of the bird and we can only assume that it had flown away probably suffering from a headache."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
I’d try to find a way to preserve it
Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.
(Hey, somebody had to say it.)
Cool pic.
Naw...It’s Mary I tell you...
I dunno — to get that image the owl would have to flying forward while oriented vertically.
It might be possible, but I am skeptical...
Just how much wisdom did this owl have?
Sell it on ebay.
Tried to put on the breaks?? I agree with you.
Owl flying into car windshield ping.
I’m impressed.
“assumed it had flown off without serious injury”
Or maybe a neighborhood cat dined well that day.
OOPS, make that home window. My eyesight is as poor as the owls.
Bet she's known for being gullible.
I do all kinds of stuff like this to my daughter...she falls for it all the time.
Doesn’t the last Harry Potter movie open today...?
Isn’t that Harry Potters owl Hedwig?
Spray the window’s outisde surface with hair spray, then spray on clear glue; remove the window glass and you have one neat item for framing!
Is it possible the owl saw something to eat and was swooping in to catch it when the window hindered the effort?
Could not find any sign of the owl? I would bury it, hide it, etc. and say it flew away! If the UK gov finds it dead, they would probably go to jail for the rest of their lives!
The wing joints are behind the head. The best you could get would be the extended tips of the wings.
The story was published 4 days ago
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