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Owl's Head, or Owlshead, is a 3,258-foot (993 m) peak of Cherry Mountain, in Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, and (at least since 2001) the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF). The lower reaches of the mountain also extend northward into the town of Jefferson. It is known both as the namesake of the nearby Owl's Head Highway, and as a ...
They miss the bus, so Luz decides to use Eda's staff to fly there. They crash into a tree, resulting in Owlbert, the staff's "palisman", cracking his head and running away. The kids run into the Bat Queen, protecting Owlbert, who gives Luz a series of trials to win his trust back. Meanwhile, King finds Eda in her owl beast form, but more docile.
The second running of the Shergar Cup at Ascot on 12 August saw two teams of jockeys representing Europe and the Rest of the World compete in a series of races. Arctic Owl, ridden by Johnny Murtagh, represented the European team in the one and a half mile "Classic" and came from well off the pace to win by a head from Murghem.
Owls Head is an inhabited island in St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia. Connected to the mainland by a small bridge, it forms part of the community of Southwest Cove . 44°31′17.5″N 64°0′18.1″W / 44.521528°N 64.005028°W / 44.521528; -64.
For the 1983 Pro Bowl, the NFL resumed selecting the losing head coaches in the conference championship games. In the 1999 Pro Bowl, New York Jets head coach Bill Parcells, after his team lost to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game, had to decline for health reasons and Jets assistant head coach Bill Belichick took his place. [30]
The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides in much of Eurasia. It is also called the Uhu and it is occasionally abbreviated to just the eagle-owl in Europe and Asia. [4] It is one of the largest species of owl. Females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 centimetres ...
Pacific pygmy owl with eyespots behind head. Adults are 15–17 cm (5.9–6.7 in) in overall length and are gray, brownish-gray or rufous in colour. This owl has a round white-spotted head, weakly defined facial disc, and dark upper breast, wings and tail, the latter quite long compared to other owls.
The association between the owl and the goddess continued through Minerva in Roman mythology, although the latter sometimes simply adopts it as a sacred or favorite bird.. For example, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Corone the crow complains that her spot as the goddess' sacred bird is occupied by the owl, which in that particular story turns out to be Nyctimene, a cursed daughter of Epopeus, king ...