According to the boffins from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, this freaky image was left by the owl’s “powder down”, a dust that covers and protects growing feathers:
We don’t very often see an imprint of a bird that’s flown into a window that’s this clear and where it’s pretty obvious exactly what kind of bird it is [...]This would have been very uncomfortable for the bird but thankfully it looks like it survived as Mr and Mrs Arnold couldn’t find it anywhere close by. Sadly, many birds aren’t so lucky.
Frankly, I don’t believe one bit of this. I smell wizardry all over it. [BBC News]
lulz
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 9:00 AMThe owl went for the cocaine in large amounts, it tried to make a hasty retreat and pine for the woods, but instead the whole window.
Danny Allen
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 10:38 PMPowder down? That’s what the kids are calling it these days?
olearymo
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 9:10 AMI had one of those once! From a regular bird (sparrow? I dunno) that had gone into the glass and left behind a mark. It was hilarious, but also cool as it looked like some sort of romulan crest.
Sean
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 9:23 AM“Sanjay to the entrance with the Windex, Sanjay to the entrance with the Windex…”
yup
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 11:25 AMHehe – this happened at my work with a pigeon. Poor thing wasn’t as lucky as that owl, but the mark of it was on the window for weeks.