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<\/a>This is “Harvest Moon,” a digital painting based on my acrylic painting, “The Night Watch.”<\/p><\/div>\n
seem so dignified most of the time (not that most parliaments, or congresses, are all that dignified, but we can hope).<\/p>\n
There are over 150 species of owls in the world and some say there are over 200 (depends on how you classify them).<\/p>\n
There are owls on every continent except Antarctica.<\/p>\n
And owl’s eye is not a sphere. It’s more of a tube, which helps give them better depth perception. They al<\/p>\n
<\/a>My second owl painting, The Night Watch. The first, Did Someone Say Lunch?, is on a market umbrella sold at a charity auction.<\/p><\/div>\n
so have binocular vision, like humans.<\/p>\n
Some owls have “ear tufts” of feathers on their heads — but they aren’t ears. They may be used to communicate (to signal mood, for example). They also help with camouflage.<\/p>\n
That flattened facial shape that owls have? It helps funnel sound to their ears.<\/p>\n
Owls have three eyelids — one for blinking, one that closes for sleep, and another that cleans the eye.<\/p>\n
Owl feet have two toes facing forward and two back (with some rotation). This is called having “zygodactyl” feet.<\/p>\n
The largest recorded owl fossil, Orinmegalonyx oteroi<\/em>, stood about three feet tall (so how big were mice back then?).<\/p>\n A painting and poem from our Redbubble.com shop.<\/p><\/div>\n The moment just before takeoff. Ready to fly, but not yet in the air.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Neon Owl bright against the night sky.<\/p><\/div>\n If you’re looking for something “owly,” check out our shop at Redbubble.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At our Redbubble<\/a> shop, you can find tees, purses and tote bags, all sorts of stuff to keep you flying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Celebrating the bird of Halloween, the Owl, with owl trivia: Did you know that a group of owls is called a “parliament of owls?” Probably because they seem so dignified most of the time (not that most parliaments, or congresses, … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a>