After he calmed down, Don B. wrote -

>From the editor of a photographer's newsletter who stumbled across
my web site...

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>> of water, just sitting there, looking around. It was so cool! A few days
>> later I saw them playing in the sprinklers on the golf course. It gets hot
>> here in Palm Springs in the summer, and they sure knew what to do about >> it!
>> We should be seeing more young owls in the next 30 days if their pattern
>> holds to form . . .

>I have never heard of owls in swimming pools before!

Joan Burbridge of Kelowna, B.C. has some hilarious photos of "her" Western
Screech Owl (the only known nesting site in the B.C. part of the Okanagan
Valley) dipping into the goldfish pond off her back patio. Looks like the bird
was "pulling up its skirts" and testing the waters.

- Jack

Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
CANADA
jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca