[LRflex] Re: Xeximene

Hi David,

looks like this owl just is like one of today's French presidential race 
contestants over here, who nearly made it last time, and lost a few 
feathers today...

Private joke - not so private as it is.

Nice shot indeed.
Thanks for sharing.

Yours
Phil...x


David Young wrote:

>All:
>
>At the Kamloops Wildlife Park, the other day, along with Qaanik, was 
>Xeximene, which is pronounced haw-keh-mah-na, and is (I am told) 
>Chinese for "Owl".
>
>Xeximene picked a fight with a car ... and lost.  Thus, he has only 
>one eye and would be unable to survive in the wild.  So, he is now 
>another "Zoo owl", and doing just fine, thank you.
>
>His one eye-edness, gives him an unusual look.  Unfortunately, this 
>shot was taken inside, where a strange mix of halogen, florescent and 
>daylight which filtered in through the windows.  I've not been able 
>to get a correct colour balance, but I'm getting close.  Sorry if 
>things look a wee bit "odd".
>
>Still, Xeximene is such an odd looking "duck", that he's absolutely 
>fascinating, in his own way.
>
>http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/Xexemene.htm
>
>Comments, good or bad, always appreciated.
>
>And... thanks for looking.
>
>As for me... I'm heading out, along Meadow Creek Road.  Yesterday, we 
>saw a gorgeous Great Gray Owl, just sitting on a fencepost.  Rose and 
>I stopped the car and watched him for 10 minutes.  Sadly, I had no 
>camera with me.  Today, I will.  That, however, will likely only mean 
>that I will not see him.
>
>But, where there is life... there is hope!
>
>Cheers!
>
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>
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