Twit twoo, here's looking at you
TODAY'S online calendar picture shows a beautiful white owl seemingly looking directly at the camera as it takes flight in Aylesbury.
Thanks to Paul Borzone for a great picture, which was taken as the owl flew over the medieval village ruins at Berryfields.
The Owls are an order of birds of prey. Most are solitary, and nocturnal, with some exceptions (e.g. the Burrowing Owl). They are classified in the order Strigiformes, in which there are over 200 extant species. Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except Antarctica, most of Greenland, and some remote islands. Though owls are typically solitary, the literary collective noun for a group of owls is a parliament.
The living owls are divided into two families, the typical owls, Strigidae, and the barn-owls, Tytonidae.
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Weather for Aylesbury
Saturday 26 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 11 C to 23 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 11 C to 24 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: East
