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NO BLOOD FOR OWL

Britain’s crippling barn owl shortage appears to be over, at least in some areas:

Conservation chiefs are over the moon as barn owl sightings soar in and around Worcester.

The Worcester Barn Owl Conservation Group ... received reports from more than 20 people, with the birds being particularly prevalent in Hanbury, Bradley Green and Crowle.

Depleted stocks elesewhere in the UK have seen crude owl rise to $80 per barrel. Which is where pink plastic flamingos are headed.

Posted by Tim B. on 10/22/2006 at 09:57 AM
  1. "Let’s face it,” he said. “As iconic emblems of kitsch, there are two pillars of cheesy, campiness in the American pantheon. One is the velvet Elvis. The other is the pink flamingo."

    Oh yeah? Well Mr. Smartypants, what about “Dogs Playing Poker” pictures?

    Posted by Grimmy on 2006 10 22 at 10:09 AM • permalink

  2. Owls ain’t oils…

    Posted by crash on 2006 10 22 at 10:14 AM • permalink

  3. Owl quiet on the Western Front then..
    owlzat?

    Posted by crash on 2006 10 22 at 10:25 AM • permalink

  4. The Worcester Barn Owl Conservation Group.  I bet they’re just wild on Saturday nights.  Here’s Hathaway * , leader of the group, explaining barn owl surveillance strategies to a salesman from paco’s company.  I believe the latter is about to close the deal on 10,000 pairs of binoculars and water proof butt cushions.

    * not to confused with this Hathaway, who you will never see at a Worcester Barn Owl Conservation Group meeting, to the sad misfortune for the men in the group.

    Posted by wronwright on 2006 10 22 at 10:35 AM • permalink

  5. No more pink plastic flamingos?

    I’m not sure who’s more heartbroken - John Waters, or the entire population of Cheektowaga, New York.

    Posted by Dave S. on 2006 10 22 at 10:44 AM • permalink

  6. What about plastic roof squirrels and those Grandma-in-her-bloomers-bending-over wooden cutouts?  Are they still safe?

    Posted by ushie on 2006 10 22 at 10:57 AM • permalink

  7. This thread’s a hoot!

    Posted by LaoHuLi on 2006 10 22 at 11:00 AM • permalink

  8. Conservation chiefs are over the moon as barn owl sightings soar in and around Worcester.

    Be prepared for a surge in reports of death in and around Worcester.

    As for the late, lamented pink flamingos, I last sighted a flock of about 20 in a yard just a few miles from my house a couple of years ago.  Must have been migrating.  I blame loss of habitat.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 10 22 at 11:01 AM • permalink

  9. #6, don’t forget the plywood cutouts of little boys with plastic tubing shooting out of their peckers.  Oh, and concrete geese dressed in gingham frocks.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2006 10 22 at 11:03 AM • permalink

  10. I thought Worcester was for roosters?

    Posted by andycanuck on 2006 10 22 at 11:20 AM • permalink

  11. An owl passed through 3am last Monday looking for something to kill http://rhhardin.home.mindspring.com/bird303.ram

    Posted by rhhardin on 2006 10 22 at 12:06 PM • permalink

  12. Grandma-in-her-bloomers-bending-over wooden cutouts

    ...

    concrete geese dressed in gingham frocks

    There are also wooden cutouts of geese dressed in gingham frocks. At least there’s one. It’s on my front porch.

    Posted by Donnah on 2006 10 22 at 12:32 PM • permalink

  13. Cobb County Georgia wetlands are still home to healthy populations of the two concrete frogs on a loveseat with umbrellas.  Newcomers to West Cobb have brought a resurgence in concrete donkeys with cactus pot panniers, while at leat one of the McMansions of East Cobb features a 10 foot bronze running ostrich.  Same taste, bigger wallet.

    Posted by kiwinews on 2006 10 22 at 12:45 PM • permalink

  14. There is also a species of plastic owl, in competition with other polymer avian species. I noticed them on the tops of homes in Sun City, Arizona. I’m not sure what they’re for, but I imagine they’re for the purpose of scaring away smaller birds.

    Wronwright: truly, LOL!

    Posted by paco on 2006 10 22 at 01:17 PM • permalink

  15. Surely they meant to say ... Conservation chiefs are literally over the moon ...

    That’s how we say it these days (at least in Canada).

    Posted by jlc on 2006 10 22 at 01:58 PM • permalink

  16. #4 wron:

    The devil wears barn owls?

    Posted by PW on 2006 10 22 at 02:05 PM • permalink

  17. huh?

    Posted by wronwright on 2006 10 22 at 02:27 PM • permalink

  18. Sorry, your Anne Hathaway pic made my mind wander.

    Posted by PW on 2006 10 22 at 03:51 PM • permalink

  19. #11 rhardin;

    Barn owl?

    Posted by steveH on 2006 10 22 at 04:06 PM • permalink

  20. 18: I just googled Anne Hathaway (you know what I mean), and it says she was in Brokeback Mountain. I never saw it, but isn’t that the movie where the two cowboys . . . but Anne Hathaway was there!  . . . and still the two cowboys . . . even though Anne Hathaway was around . . .?!? Sometimes, as Yul Brynner said in quite another movie, “Life is a very big puzzlement!”

    Posted by paco on 2006 10 22 at 04:45 PM • permalink

  21. #19 steveH, Eastern Screech Owl

    Posted by rhhardin on 2006 10 22 at 04:55 PM • permalink

  22. paco,

    Yes, it’s puzzling.  If Anne Hathaway was around wear a plunging neckline like her photo, chances are I wouldn’t even know Heath Ledger and the other guy were around.  I certainly wouldn’t care.  I guess I have a form of tunnel vision.

    Posted by wronwright on 2006 10 22 at 05:03 PM • permalink

  23. Owl be back!

    Posted by blogstrop on 2006 10 22 at 06:59 PM • permalink

  24. Damn.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2006 10 22 at 07:24 PM • permalink

  25. Worcester Barn Owl Conservation Group

    I’m not sure linking owls with Worcestershire Sauce is a good idea for their conservation…

    Posted by AlburyShifton on 2006 10 22 at 11:24 PM • permalink

  26. People in Worcester should keep windows securely closed at night,especially if they have young children

    Posted by Forrester on 2006 10 23 at 12:32 AM • permalink

  27. I’m glad the owls have been given a stay of execution. But I’m still worried about the octopus trade on Amal’s beach. All that sex tourism must surely be putting a dent into the previously endless supply of 8-leggers.

    Posted by Ozwitch on 2006 10 23 at 04:49 AM • permalink

  28. There are plastic owls aplenty around the docks.  Sunday sailors seem to think they keep the various sea birds from landing and defecating on their boats.  HAHAHAHA!  They use rubber snakes for the same purpose.  HAHAHAH!

    We use a real cat.  Works fine.

    Posted by saltydog on 2006 10 23 at 04:58 AM • permalink

  29. #7 Woo hoo...owl together now.

    Posted by crash on 2006 10 23 at 08:14 AM • permalink

  30. #13, kiwinews

    Hey, that’s hitting close to home. I live in Cobb County and my neighbor makes copper frogs that he sells for $3800.00 each (and complains that he isn’t paid enough, although it only takes about 5 hours to pound one out).  You can see them all over the small town I live in and also at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.

    Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2006 10 23 at 01:31 PM • permalink

  31. I would expect at least a little credit for finding an owl costume that fits Dave S., thankyouverymuch…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 10 23 at 08:39 PM • permalink

  32. Twitchy.

    Posted by crash on 2006 10 24 at 10:18 AM • permalink

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