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Flaco the Famous New York City Owl Has Become a Peeping Tom
Wall Street Journal ^ | Dec. 18, 2023 9:58 am ET | By Joseph Pisani

Posted on 12/18/2023 11:53:53 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: justme4now

Well, there are birds colored just as extravagantly; all I know is that yours is not a ‘murican’ one :-)


21 posted on 12/18/2023 4:11:04 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: justme4now

It’s been a NYC story for months. Some kooks let the bird out on purpose.

https://nypost.com/2023/12/18/metro/flaco-the-owl-turns-into-nyc-peeping-tom-scared-the-you-know-what-out-of-me/


22 posted on 12/18/2023 4:20:16 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: jjotto

It’s important to point out, That story has nothing to do with my over caffeinated bird.🤣


23 posted on 12/18/2023 4:29:39 PM PST by justme4now (Our Right's are God given and I don't need permission from politicians or courts to exercise them!)
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To: Jamestown1630

I think humans have been giving him food...


24 posted on 12/18/2023 4:32:20 PM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: jjotto

Eurasian Eagle Owls have a slightly larger wingspan and higher mass that a Great-horned Owl. Still, both are apex predators.

Beautiful birds. I’m surprised they can’t catch it with a bow trap.


25 posted on 12/18/2023 4:36:47 PM PST by Fury
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To: mewzilla

Humans have been giving him food all of his life! He was raised in captivity, and probably associates us with food. The fact that he can hunt down rats is impressive...


26 posted on 12/18/2023 4:57:44 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

AI


27 posted on 12/18/2023 5:59:51 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: justme4now

it’s fake.


28 posted on 12/18/2023 6:00:31 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Albion Wilde

He is probably looking at his reflection. Poor guy probably wants to meet another Eurasian Eagle-Owl and is trying to figure out how to get together.


29 posted on 12/18/2023 6:04:00 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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He is probably looking at his reflection. Poor guy probably wants to meet another Eurasian Eagle-Owl and is trying to figure out how to get together.

Aw, you're right. Poor guy! Slim pickin's in the city.

30 posted on 12/18/2023 7:02:34 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

We watched a nice move the other night: ‘Christmas Mountain’ with Slim Pickens.

A little maudlin here and there, but nice for Christmas:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080531/


31 posted on 12/18/2023 8:44:20 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: piasa

Well, no real owl should look like that. It would seem to be counterproductive to their biologically engineered performance mechanisms :-)


32 posted on 12/18/2023 8:50:19 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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