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    #544143

    Hi Melody!

    I was wondering what is the story behind the Parliament of Owls candlelamp? What types of owls are these? I think I know what a couple of them are, but I’m not an owl expert, so I thought I’d just ask. This topic may have been covered elsewhere, but I can’t find it. If it has, maybe someone can direct me to the proper thread.

    #544144

    Good question, star. That’s one of the four still-in-production candlelamps I still want to get. I just think it’s kind of misnamed – parliament is French and means “talking.” And those guys don’t look like they’ve said a word in their lives. πŸ˜†

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    Greater Basilisk wrote:

    Good question, star. That’s one of the four still-in-production candlelamps I still want to get. I just think it’s kind of misnamed – parliament is French and means “talking.” And those guys don’t look like they’ve said a word in their lives. πŸ˜†

    I so love this candlelamp– got one for my godmother a year or so ago and was tempted to keep it. πŸ˜€ And “parliament” comes from the name given to a group of owls, I’m thinking, kinda like a murder of crows, or pack of wolves πŸ™‚

    #544146

    Oh that’s right! I totally forgot the zoological context. But I still think it’s a misnomer. πŸ˜†

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    Jodi
    Participant

      Like a Murder of Crows is accurate? The English language is a bizarre thing. πŸ™‚

      #544148

      I love the names of animal groups, like parliment and murder and gaggle ^_^

      #544149

      You guys are too much!!! πŸ˜†

      Hope we hear Melody’s version of the story soon πŸ˜€

      #544150
      Jodi
      Participant

        I could see where “parliament” would be accurate. The owls all sit around and ask each other “Who? Who?” Sounds like a parliament or congress to me, all looking for someone to blame. πŸ˜€

        #544151

        πŸ˜† πŸ˜† πŸ˜† That could be. And the murder of crows could come from aggressiveness. (You know how many movies there are where some person is put in a cage and left for the crows…)

        #544152
        Jodi
        Participant

          Now you’re thinking! πŸ˜‰ We can make these all fit if we try hard enough. πŸ˜†

          #544153

          Gaggle of geese is pretty easy – is must come from their blather…

          #544154
          Melody
          Keymaster

            starbreeze wrote:

            Hi Melody!

            I was wondering what is the story behind the Parliament of Owls candlelamp? What types of owls are these? I think I know what a couple of them are, but I’m not an owl expert, so I thought I’d just ask. This topic may have been covered elsewhere, but I can’t find it. If it has, maybe someone can direct me to the proper thread.
            A “parliment” really is the correct term for a group of owls, although as far as I know, owls never group together.
            The owls in the candle lamp aren’t accurate, realistic representations of any particular owl species, but they are roughly based on;(from left to right) a Burrowing Owl, a Snowy Owl, a Great Horned Owl( with much shorter horns than they really have) and a Little Owl.

            #544155

            I love this candlelamp, and one day will get one, it reminds me of the guardians of gahoole books.

            #544156

            Thanks Melody. I appreciate the information. πŸ˜€

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