We've been taken in by plastic decoy ducks on a number of dams around
the country!!
John & Shirley Tongue
Hobart
On Thursday, February 22, 2007, at 07:32 AM, Bill Stent wrote:
Confession time, is it?
I was with my family visiting South East Queensland a couple of years
back, and we were on our way to dinner with Sue and Terry Pacey (ooh,
namedropper!). Passing the MacDonald's at the river crossing just
south
of Labrador I noticed something on the roof, perched in amongst a
number
of white ibis. I just had to check it out. It was raining, but using
my binoculars I could make out a definite owl of some description. I
dropped Jan and Emma at the caravan park where we were staying and made
my way back on foot. I carefully crept up to the building, somewhat
out
of sight of the customers, and my suspicions were confirmed. A
definite
owl - but with horns! Sensation!
However, after a short reality check I decided that what I was looking
at was not a first for Australia, and neither was it an exquisitely
carved banana peel, but rather a plastic owl. What it was doing there
is anyone's guess - if it was put there to keep the ibis away it was
having no effect.
It's probably still there.
Bill
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