Owls are not particularly clever – it’s a myth. … I have read that Transylvanian farmers used to scare away owls by walking around their fields naked.
Sounds pretty smart to me.
By the way, the Sylvia Plath poem quoted here is wonderful.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Fascinating birds …
… The ‘wondrous sight’ and ‘flying ambushes’ of owls | Frieda Hughes. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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