Tempted by road kill
@sallypup (69157)
Centralia, Washington
December 30, 2015 2:36pm CST
Yup. That was me. I drove slowly by the neighbor's dairy, peering out the window. What is that? There on the road? A small cardboard box? Don't want to roll over an unknown something.
It looked to be an owl. Its wonderous wing was stretched out in its final flight. Maybe a barn owl? I was tempted to throw on my brakes and see about studying the bird closer and maybe even picking it up and putting it in the trunk.
Owls fascinate me. (Jane Yolen wrote a fantastic children's book on going owling.)
I would love to have some owl feathers. Even in death, owls are mystical.
I grief and mourn over such a gorgeous entity brought to earth.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
30 Dec 15
Around here we see eagles and hawks,both magnificent birds. I saw a bloody hawk on the power line the other day and thought he was hurt until I realized he just ate his breakfast.
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@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Dec 15
@painsOnSlate We're getting more birds now that our seasonal creek is back. A bald eagle seemed to be studying the chicken coop one morning. That hawk must have been an interesting fella to watch.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
30 Dec 15
We have a rather large one living in our woods.
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@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Dec 15
@abbygreenhill You are so fortunate. I'd have a notepad at the ready if I were you- poetry would just burble out with a neighbor like that.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
1 Jan 16
I know of someone who deliberately drove at a pheasant in the hope they could eat their road-kill. To me the idea was sickening. Fortunately the bird got away.
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
31 Dec 15
Reminds me of my time in Nevada. An owl lived in the big tree at our campsite. He (or she) would herald each sunset with loud hooting. Right over our heads!
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@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
31 Dec 15
@rohvannyn A camp robber owl. Great keeper memory.
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
31 Dec 15
@sallypup Did you know that snowy owls are slightly bio-luminescent? They really do glow!
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