I learned so much about owls in this post! Thank you for sharing. Mamie made owlphabets for my grandsons, Miles and Marcus. They are your cousins and I hope some day you and Harriet will get to meet them. Miles lives in Raleigh and his mother, my daughter, Beth is also your cousin as am I. Beth works at NC State like your mother. I really enjoy FFT and share much information from it with Miles who is 5. Marcus is only 3 moths old and lives in Atlanta, His mother is Beth's twin sister and her name is Torie, Your Mamie is my cousin and I have always adored her! we were very close when we were children and still are. My love to you. Harriet, your mom, and dad,
Thank you for the post, Bea (and past ones I have read). On a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, we stopped to check out a display of some North American bird egg replicas that a ranger had to share and noticed that the owl eggs were very round- especially the screech owl. I learned that birds that are better at flying have a narrower oviduct so they lay more elongated eggs. I felt a little defensive of the owls, thinking that they fly very well! But I guess they don't tend to fly long distances. Perhaps there are other reasons for variable egg shape.
I learned so much about owls in this post! Thank you for sharing. Mamie made owlphabets for my grandsons, Miles and Marcus. They are your cousins and I hope some day you and Harriet will get to meet them. Miles lives in Raleigh and his mother, my daughter, Beth is also your cousin as am I. Beth works at NC State like your mother. I really enjoy FFT and share much information from it with Miles who is 5. Marcus is only 3 moths old and lives in Atlanta, His mother is Beth's twin sister and her name is Torie, Your Mamie is my cousin and I have always adored her! we were very close when we were children and still are. My love to you. Harriet, your mom, and dad,
Thank you for the post, Bea (and past ones I have read). On a trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, we stopped to check out a display of some North American bird egg replicas that a ranger had to share and noticed that the owl eggs were very round- especially the screech owl. I learned that birds that are better at flying have a narrower oviduct so they lay more elongated eggs. I felt a little defensive of the owls, thinking that they fly very well! But I guess they don't tend to fly long distances. Perhaps there are other reasons for variable egg shape.