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Description a Burrowing owl at the Sacramento Zoo seems to be giving me a wink, but in truth he only has one eye. He was in a display cage away from the main zoo for a bit of privacy...shot though the screen which made him a bit soft but I loved it anyway

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aegiandyad [2015-02-11 18:45:05 +0000 UTC]

The experimental spherical owl has some way to go yet. This one is slightly too egg shaped. [cf Experimental Spherical Pigeon, qv. here .

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kayaksailor In reply to aegiandyad [2015-02-12 02:31:30 +0000 UTC]

Love it!!  I'm still searching for the elusive Spherical Hummingbird

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Lentekriebel [2011-03-27 07:55:16 +0000 UTC]

Cute little one!!

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kayaksailor In reply to Lentekriebel [2011-03-28 03:54:28 +0000 UTC]

they are

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bear48 [2011-03-24 23:07:16 +0000 UTC]

cute

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kayaksailor In reply to bear48 [2011-03-24 23:21:46 +0000 UTC]

they are

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Vmmc385 [2011-03-24 21:12:26 +0000 UTC]

I love it! *fawns over owl and missing leg*

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kayaksailor In reply to Vmmc385 [2011-03-24 21:25:36 +0000 UTC]

LOL - the leg is there...just tucked up to keep warm but it does look a bit like a pirate - just needs a patch

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Vmmc385 In reply to kayaksailor [2011-03-25 00:23:06 +0000 UTC]

Can I make it a pirate?

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kayaksailor In reply to Vmmc385 [2011-03-25 00:24:05 +0000 UTC]

Of course! It will be so cute

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Vmmc385 In reply to kayaksailor [2011-04-04 21:58:27 +0000 UTC]

YESSSSSSSSSSS I did it!! It's submitted into the sketch section of my gallery though, because it was a 5 minute sketch.

PS I gave him a peg leg. Is that alright? :/

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kayaksailor In reply to Vmmc385 [2011-04-04 22:13:41 +0000 UTC]

gotta go seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

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Vmmc385 In reply to kayaksailor [2011-04-04 22:15:49 +0000 UTC]

D <--failed again?!

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Vmmc385 In reply to kayaksailor [2011-03-25 04:11:51 +0000 UTC]

YESYESYESYESYESYESYES <---Apologies. I'm hyper from sugar. C:

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kayaksailor In reply to Vmmc385 [2011-03-25 04:27:22 +0000 UTC]

ymmmmmmmmmmmm sugar

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Vmmc385 In reply to kayaksailor [2011-03-26 16:30:30 +0000 UTC]

*makes strange face*

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUGAR

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davincipoppalag [2011-03-24 19:38:17 +0000 UTC]

He thought you were cute1

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kayaksailor In reply to davincipoppalag [2011-03-24 20:48:48 +0000 UTC]

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davincipoppalag In reply to kayaksailor [2011-03-24 23:36:48 +0000 UTC]

heheh

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La-Vita-a-Bella [2011-03-24 19:30:08 +0000 UTC]

I was searching for these a couple of weeks ago out in Othello, but didn't find any. But then went the following weekend and got them! Such cute owls.

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kayaksailor In reply to La-Vita-a-Bella [2011-03-24 19:35:21 +0000 UTC]

they are I would love to see them in the wild!!
At the zoo they have another display where there are 6 babies but the grid of that display wouldn't allow me to get any kind of usable shots

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La-Vita-a-Bella In reply to kayaksailor [2011-03-24 19:45:10 +0000 UTC]

That is the difficult part of shooting at the zoo...those darn fences! I'm guessing you already know this, but just in case you didn't, if you get as close as possible to the fence, you can make it almost disappear in your image. But many times they make the fence far away from you (probably so you can't stick your fingers in there!)
I am going to go back to Othello in mid-April (I hope) and hopefully will find the little burrowing owls!

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kayaksailor In reply to La-Vita-a-Bella [2011-03-24 20:08:45 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I know the trick...just this particular zoo isn't set up well for that at all ): At almost every display the space to the "screen/fence" is at least five feet from the closest people can get so unless the animal is far away in the cage there's no way to get the grid to fade...it works well on a couple shots (like my Snooze) but mostly it just gets in the way.

Mid-April is baby time how fun!!

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La-Vita-a-Bella In reply to kayaksailor [2011-03-24 20:39:36 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, wouldn't that be so cool to see some baby owls!

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kayaksailor In reply to La-Vita-a-Bella [2011-03-24 20:51:02 +0000 UTC]

I would love to see them too

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La-Vita-a-Bella In reply to kayaksailor [2011-03-24 22:10:00 +0000 UTC]

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