> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/03 Sat AM 01:43:08 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Eagle owl > > On my way back to London today I had to change trains at > Middlesbrough. At the railway station a fine old gentleman who I think > is probably the reincarnation of Wilfred Hyde-White, saw my camera and > binoculars and suggested I take a look at the eagle owl which has > taken up residence on one of the nearby buildings. So I did: > > http://www.web-options.com/Owl1.jpg > http://www.web-options.com/Owl2.jpg > > Not much of a picture, but I only had 10 minutes between trains, and a > short lens. > > These creatures are very rare in the UK. There is a successful wild > breeding pair in North Yorkshire, and the gentleman thought this was > one of their offspring. But perhaps it's an escaped captive bird. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2007/01/10/terror_owl_featu > re.shtml
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