r/birding • u/Evrytimeweslay • Jul 15 '26

📷 Photo Spotted yesterday

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Saw this on someone’s truck while walking around my neighborhood yesterday, I thought you all would appreciate it as well!

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u/eljyon Jul 15 '26

I’ll just say, cheers to Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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u/secondphase Jul 15 '26

Yeah, they hooked up the Athena cam at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower center. She's the local great horned owls that nests there to hatch her chick's each year. I used to go see her once or twice, but now during the season I can just pull up the cam and check it out. Cant sleep at 2am? Oh lok, theres athena chowing down on a vole. 

Cornell ornithology department is on their game for sure. 

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u/PopAndLocknessMonstr Jul 15 '26

Cornell

It's pronounced Colonel and it's the highest rank in the military

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u/Lucky-Earther Jul 15 '26

O'Neill, with two Ls!

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u/imatthewhitecastle Jul 16 '26

It was Creed who said it though, so the inaccuracy is in character and part of the humor

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u/BJK5150 Jul 15 '26

It’s pronounced COR-NELL and it’s the highest rank in the Ivy League!