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11th January 2009 : An Owlette for New Year
Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 04:09PM Happy New Year to you all!
Yes, I'm back online, amid many apologies for my long absence...what can I say? I've been busy, busy, busy...
As usual, there are many stories to tell. First up is the little nighttime visitor we had to our verandah...a diminutive Pearl Spotted Owlette. It landed on one of our chairs and sat there for ages, completely unworried by me (standing just 4 metres away) and equally unconcerned by my camera flash.
According to African legend, owls bring bad luck but I prefer to think they are wise, as other legends would have it...and therefore I rather hope that this little fellow is an omen of good things to come in 2009...(fingers crossed!)
Reader Comments (6)
How could such a beautiful creature with big goo-goo eyes ever be an omen of bad luck? I wonder what is behind that belief.
It's good to have you back in the blogging world.
Hi Tanya,
good to see you back online !
What a cute birdie !! Beautiful big eyes and well camouflaged.
Audrey
Hi Suzanne! Hi Audrey!
Thanks for being such loyal Kulafumbi-fans, and not giving up on me...
So glad that you are back!
Interesting, isn't it, that owls are considered bad omens in so many cultures. I don't know why that is - they're such remarkable animals!
Hi and Happy New Year, Denise...I'm going to try to be around a little more often this year!
I wonder if the owls' reputation stems from the "scary" noise they make at night (If you find noises like that scary, which I don't, but some people might think they sound ghostly or something!)...who knows?
Wow..You pictured an Owl..that too in night..The last pic is really looking nice as the Owl is directly staring into the camera lens..
shobin
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