help me identify this talisman!
August 17, 2007 9:40 PM Subscribe
please help me identify this beautiful feather...
Pic?
posted by rancidchickn at 9:45 PM on August 17, 2007
posted by rancidchickn at 9:45 PM on August 17, 2007
A link would help.
Turkeys are not indigenous to California, but all the same we have lots (and lots and lots) of them, and they all drop feathers.
posted by rtha at 9:49 PM on August 17, 2007
Turkeys are not indigenous to California, but all the same we have lots (and lots and lots) of them, and they all drop feathers.
posted by rtha at 9:49 PM on August 17, 2007
It looks like it could be a Great Horned Owl feather, but that's just a guess.
posted by iconomy at 10:03 PM on August 17, 2007
posted by iconomy at 10:03 PM on August 17, 2007
I mean, it looks just like some great horned feathers I would have, if one were allowed to own raptor feathers, which one isn't (if you're in the U.S.), unless one has a collector's permit, and I don't, so I don't. Own any feathers, that is. Like great horned owl feathers.
posted by rtha at 10:08 PM on August 17, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by rtha at 10:08 PM on August 17, 2007 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: sorry, link = http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/1155086819_1e74b95d8e_o.jpg
thanks!!!
posted by seeka at 10:21 PM on August 17, 2007
thanks!!!
posted by seeka at 10:21 PM on August 17, 2007
Definitely a Great Horned Owl. I picked up a feather exactly like that in a cave that had one inhabiting it. Beautiful birds.
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:09 AM on August 18, 2007
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:09 AM on August 18, 2007
Beautiful plumage. Bird's probably pining for the fjords...
posted by miss lynnster at 6:12 AM on August 18, 2007
posted by miss lynnster at 6:12 AM on August 18, 2007
More info: it's a flight feather, either a secondary or an inner primary, and it looks like it was probably dropped my a molting bird, given how worn it looks around the edges. Excellent find!
posted by rtha at 6:34 AM on August 18, 2007
posted by rtha at 6:34 AM on August 18, 2007
Wow, that's really cool! I used to find those kind of feathers in the yard when I was a kid, but I never knew they were owl feathers! I always assumed owls didn't live in my area, since I never saw any.
posted by gueneverey at 12:22 PM on August 18, 2007
posted by gueneverey at 12:22 PM on August 18, 2007
If it has a velvety texture on the top surface it is from an owl.
Because they hunt as silently as possible owls flight feathers are padded with a downy surface and a frill in the front.
posted by Iron Rat at 12:46 PM on August 18, 2007
Because they hunt as silently as possible owls flight feathers are padded with a downy surface and a frill in the front.
posted by Iron Rat at 12:46 PM on August 18, 2007
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posted by Flunkie at 9:45 PM on August 17, 2007