This is an interesting link about Barn Owls. They are traditional thought of as wise birds, though I’ve never seen one on The Chase, and this is the first time I’ve seen them linked to politics and the peace process. I particularly liked the bit about bats at the end of the article.
I used to see Barn Owls regularly cruising the Fens when I lived there, and we had several pairs around the farm, including one that became involved in a synchronised flying display with a Buzzard. I’m still not sure what that was about but the superior manoeuvrability of the owl enabled it to give the Buzzard the slip.
There are links to this sort of behaviour here and here.
On a day that the UK is gradually learning more yesterday’s terror attack, and a couple of days after the death of Martin McGuinness, I suppose I could go on to discuss peace, but I have nothing useful to say. I’m sure that most people agree that peace is a good thing but violence never seems to go out of fashion.
I’ll just leave you with this.
Peace to all of us, Quercus!
It would be nice.
You might think from the coverage that the British state is a passive victim in all this. If we want other people to change their ways, perhaps we need to change ours too. I would very much like to live in peace.
Yes, painful as it may be there are times you have to admit that we need to look for new ways to do things. The old ways don’t seem to be working.
Thank-you, Simon.
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Unfortunately, you are right. Much better to think about beautiful owls.
Yes, you know where you are with an owl. Even if you are a mouse…
Peace to you, Quercus
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