They reckon it's because the owl has such mega-featherage it contains lots of dust and stuff, so when they slam into glass they leave this ghostly imprint behind.
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Thu 21 Jun 2012, 11:44,
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Love the 'SPLONK' by the way....

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Thu 21 Jun 2012, 11:47,
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Ka-thoom was a regular in Hulk comics, and it usually meant he'd punched something so hard all its descendants died.
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Thu 21 Jun 2012, 11:51,
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Also, "Logan to English".
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Thu 21 Jun 2012, 11:58,
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An artist friend did that with her avian window imprints: remove the picture window; carefully acid-etch the imprint for posterity; remount the glass.
Pigeons are very stupid; they finally stopped attempting to fly through the glass after the 4th(!) etched imprint. You'd think they'd learn before then what those pale blotches signified.
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Sat 23 Jun 2012, 22:05,
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Pigeons are very stupid; they finally stopped attempting to fly through the glass after the 4th(!) etched imprint. You'd think they'd learn before then what those pale blotches signified.