Quote Originally Posted by Sangye View Post
LOL They're still ghastly. It isn't helped by the fact that I have that sort of mythological/ primal fear of owls. Not a real big fear, just a discomfort looking at them for too long. Like if I stare at the picture of the adult barn owl on the page I'm gonna have nightmares. And I don't like the weird way the barn owl babies move-- that bobbing and weaving thing gives me the creeps.
I know what you mean. I guess that's why owls are featured on Halloween. That side-to-side bobbing thing I observed up close once; I could see into a barn owl nest accessed by stairs, and there were three owlets in there doing that while staring at me and hissing. I think they were younger and not quite as ghastly. But I got out of there pretty fast.