Are owls wise, all-seeing and good luck – or harbingers of calamity?
GEOFF CARPENTIER: Owls have extraordinary sight. It was believed that people could gain better vision by making a potion from the ash of owl eggs ($21)
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Posted by Geoff Carpentier | Mar 9, 2021
GEOFF CARPENTIER: Owls have extraordinary sight. It was believed that people could gain better vision by making a potion from the ash of owl eggs ($21)
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NATURE: In the odds and sods category, hunch weather is windy and drizzly, so much so that one has to hunch over just to walk
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NATURE: Thousands of words describe weather. Some arise from folklore, some carry historical inferences and others are the result of superstition
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NATURE: Sometimes we see smaller birds apparently bullying larger birds of prey. How is this possible?
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NATURE: Our tips so the birds – and bird-watchers – get the most out of your feeders
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NATURE: Some orphaned babies are unlikely to survive if very young but others can fend for themselves at an early age
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