Syd
There is a good BBC video on Owl sonar. In this one they are hunting
lemmings under the snow using sound alone.
http://www.burdr.com/2010/03/sophisticated-sonar-of-owls/
Cheers
Chris Gregory
On 16 March 2010 08:58, Syd Curtis <> wrote:
>
> I am most grateful to all you good birding-aus folk who have reassured me
> about the scientific quality of this book. I can now read it with
> confidence and enjoyment.
>
> And I think what was worrying me has been explained by John Leonard's
> suggestion:
>
> "Another possibility is that the author delivered a perfectly sensible MS
> to
> the publisher and they insisted on rewriting because they thought they knew
> what their readers wanted (or because they could sense a Disney tie-in)."
>
> Now that he points that out, I recall hearing somewhere that often in works
> of fiction, authors are required by their publishers to add sex scenes.
>
> Anyway, I have long admired the work of Professor Donald Kroodsma and his
> praise of the book (thank you Clive Nealon) certainly assures me.
>
> And already I've learnt quite a bit about owls. Somehow, for example, I
> had
> managed to live for 80 years admiring birds, without ever knowing that owls
> have asymmetrically placed ears and ear openings, as pointed out by Tom
> Wilson.
>
> My sincere thanks to all who have responded. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Syd
>
> ------------------
>
> > I am reading a book, "Wesley - The Story of a Remarkable Owl" by Stacey
> > O'Brien. My copy "first published in Australia by Bantam in 2009".
> (First
> > published in the US by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
> > 2008.)
>
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