"The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry,
Portends strange things, old women say,
Stops every fool that passes by,
And frights the schoolboy from his play." [1]
1. Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu. George Bell and Sons: London. 1887.
2. Photos taken with Canon Powershot SX40-HS, 80% sepia filter.
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On this drab winter evening, after months of fruitless searching, we finally stumbled upon a grey-morph screech owl, sheltering in the craggy remains of a storm-split tree. [2]
1. Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu. George Bell and Sons: London. 1887.
2. Photos taken with Canon Powershot SX40-HS, 80% sepia filter.
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