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The International Festival of Owls starts up soon, 4-6 March 2011, Houston, Minnesota, USA.
Why is this festival in late winter? The answer is:
Alice the Great Horned Owl is a permanently injured owl who works at the Houston Nature Center in Houston, MN and lives with her handler, Karla (Kinstler) Bloem. This blog is a mishmash of stories about how Alice applies her owl instincts to a life with humans, information about the International Festival of Owls held in honor of Alice's hatch-day, a vocal study on Great Horned Owls that began because of Alice, and just about anything else that pertains to owls.
Alice the Owl News is a fascinating and detailed blog about human/owl co-existence.
For the record, Ovvlvverk encourages people who find a lost or injured owl to find their way to dedicated specialists in Avian behavior.
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Age of Living Things.
Malay Eagle Owl - Kitty. Anthropomorphic cuteness. Don't try this at home.
The Golden Magazine Halloween Calendar Page
Art by Richard Scarry, from Neato Coolville's photostream.
(via RC)
Brown by Ken Nordine.
The Hare Who Lost his Spectacles: an interlude by Jethro Tull, from A Passion Play.
Defensive postures amuse studio audiences.
"The owl is a dirty bird that prefers darkness to light."
So saith
The Medieval Bestiary..
The editors of OVVLvverk admire of the work of the visionary 19th century German artist E.T.A. Hoffmann, who is best known for the popular seasonal ballet scored by Tchaikovsky, based upon the short story Nussknacker und Mausekönig,
(And also for the fascinating opera by Offenbach based upon his work).
One rather interesting interpretation is The Secret of The Nutcracker, a 2007 Canadian Television production by Joe Media. Set in Alberta in 1944, they made some unique casting decisions, such as portraying the character of Drosselmeyer as an Owl.
They have provided a short artist video about Otis the Owl, which is a swell look at the work of television Owl actors.
OVVLvverk highly recommends it.
"Audubon's 'Birds of America' Sells For $10.3 Million, Most Expensive Book Ever." via Schwarz.