The Snowy Owls And The Eagle

 Meet Oberon the snowy owl, pausing between sips of water.

He crossed around the pan of water and looked at his reflection.

And then back over at Luna.

Who looked back at him.

And then there was this- Juno the bald eagle. I have never seen one in the wild. I don't recall ever seeing one in captivity. So this was a first. An absolute beauty, and a bit hard to photograph.

She was talkative, and I got the shots I wanted. Thus ends my series from the Museum of Nature. I hope you've enjoyed it.

A Difference Between Two Owls

This barred owl is a beauty named Onyx, with the darkest eyes I've ever seen.

Next door are two snowy owls, Oberon and Luna, strikingly different in their feathers from Onyx. This one, seen today, is Luna, busy having a lunch of mouse.

Not Exactly The Owls Of Hogwarts

 Returning for the next three days to close out my visit to the Canadian Museum of Nature. There are a series of enclosures on the back terrace of the building containing birds that have been brought up in captivity, and can't be released into the wild. Nonetheless, they look like they're treated well, and serve as educational ambassadors for their species. This is Max, a Great Horned Owl.

In the next enclosure is Khaleesi, a Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Bottle

 The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo. For September, that theme is Bottle. Check out how others are interpreting the theme right here.

Bottle Works is a charitable venture, picking up empties from restaurants and other businesses, all in support of Operation Come Home, an organization that works with street youths. This truck was parked near the organization's offices downtown.

For the most part, however, this theme day stymied me, so I took the easy way out. The LCBO is the primary liquor retail outlet in Ontario, a government crown corporation selling alcohol in retail stores- some Canadian, others from abroad. I decided to take photographs of window displays at a downtown location. I'll defer to others as to what these might taste like, as I don't drink at all.

Mind you, this one is a good label design.