>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.

We should get these scanned. I love "tabloid-quality" photographs of
animals. They sound hilarious.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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