I'm a Fan of all things Owl thanks to my Dad (May he R.I.P.) who passed on to me the love of Owls. I as well inherited his Owl Collection and I live right across the street to some pretty amazing neighbors (Burrowing Owls). I live in Cape Coral Florida where the Burrowing Owl is not only protected, but cared for. My family and I belong to the CCFW (Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife) and we try to always do our part to help these beautiful creatures! I have a lot of pictures of the Owls and I'm more than happy to share them.
Snowy Owls lead nomadic lives and travel vast distances from year to year searching for productive feeding areas. Some years, most recently in the winter of 2011/2012, conditions cause them to come south in great numbers.
A new one minute video featuring the rare and reclusive Long-whiskered Owlet of Peru,
taken by Guy Foulks of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is shown here.
This marks one of only a handful of times the bird has ever been captured on film.
The video, including audio of the bird vocalizing, was filmed soon after sunset on November 3rd, 2011
at Peru's Abra Patricia-Alto Nieva Private Conservation Area.
Sergei Bobkov, a school teacher from Krasnoyarsk, Russia has patented a unique technique of creating sculptures from wooden chips.
Sergei gradually developed his own methods to prevent wood chips from crumbling. He puts them in water for several days. Most of the time the artist prefers to work with cembra pine, however, some elements are better made of willow or beech.
From a 2-3-inch long bar the artist makes 100 to 150 wood chips. Then the chips are carefully rolled to form a feather. Sergei says that wood chips are a rather flexible material. Finished works of art do not need any special care, however, they do need to be protected from dust and direct sunlight.
Before creating his works of art, Sergei studies the anatomy of an animal along with its habits, so that he can create a perfect replica using his amazing technique.
"It's not too interesting to do what other can, to create something out of nothing in a completely new way is far more inspiring." says Bobkov.
