OWLS
.A. MILNE has a lot to answer for with the wise old owl in the Christopher Robin stories, as usually owls are not terribly bright. Edna my (male) Bengal eagle-owl, however, was an exception. His quarters were an open-fronted mews. At the time we did not have the fox problem (although we have now) and one night he undid the falconer's knot which was double tied (the only bird I have ever had to do
