THE OWL

GREAT GREY OWL COPYRIGHTED ROY WALKER 2005

THE GREAT GREAY OWL

The story behind this fantastic picture.


Normally Great Grey Owls don't come down as far south as Ottawa ... Well at least until this year we've never seen one; I still haven't seen one in person, however, one day I got an email from my dad and to my surprise there were pictures of this Great Grey Owl who decided to perch on a tree close to my parents ' house. My dad, being a great photographer and avid bird watcher, couldn't resist taking pictures of this bird.. And what a great photo this one ended up being. Look at her gaze. Now I can truly see why they call them "wise old owls" ...lol... This is going to be a painting sometime in the future.

Here's exercise for me aquick poem with the owl as topic

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copyrighted 20.07.2006 (rough copy)

sitting in the tree
goddess of wisdom
the eyes piercing yellow
as she waits for
an unsuspecting victim
walking through
the grass below