Btw, August 4th was #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay. I was off doing #Owl stuff, so I wasn't around to remind you.

Just be aware that even if you're not aware of owls, they're certainly aware of you.

#InternationalOwlAwarenessDay :
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1866-1944)
Ringuil, 1914
print, h 410mm × w 308mm
Hoornuil, 1915
print, h 450mm × w 312mm
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1918-1340,42:
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1918-1342
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1918-1340
#OwlAwarenessDay #BirdsInArt

#InternationalOwlAwarenessDay :
Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1927-2013)
Hidden Owls, 2006 & Flamboyant Owl,
2006
Serigraphs, each 58 x 56 cm
Smithsonian NMAI 26/7038,40:
https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/ark:/65665/ws62c58778fef8947d78e6f2860d74c4bb3
https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/ark:/65665/ws6c2d1317c9d2248349660b4ea79a06c94
#OwlAwarenessDay #BirdsInArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

Es ist #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay?

Oh, es ist #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay!
Dafür nochmal einen „Owldie“.

For #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay a superb, armed #owl, depicted on a Greek vessel, dating 5th century BC.

Photo: Louvre, Paris

Are you aware of owls? It’s International Owl Awareness Day and here are a few of my favourites: the burrowing owl who appears to be wearing pantaloons, the screech owl and the snowy owl, official bird of Quebec.