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Just in case it wasn't obvious, I love owls.

Great article about why they fly so quietly:

https://www.knowablemagazine.o...source=pocket-newtab

There is also a sidebar article for geeky types. It's in the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

https://www.annualreviews.org/...-fluid-010518-040436


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Had a Great Horned Owl fly less than four feet in front of me.
It startled me. It was dusk. I did not see or hear him coming..


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We had a barn owl that visited a tree outside our house in Arizona. What fantastic birds. We would see them fly well before we heard them, and their sound, if you were close enough, was just a slight whooshing sound. "Our" owl would also hoot for an hour or so every night.

One of my favorite memories of our old house. Smiler
 
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