I found an article by Dan Weisz the other day about his time with a leucistic GHO. It's a short story, but packed full of quick facts and information, and I felt his sense of amazement at this owl in reading it.
These photos are from the article, but I didn't post them all here in hopes you read the article! π
Thank you! I learned a good bit I didn't know, like blood pooling so the brain gets oxygen while the head is rotated, but this from the embedded link was particularly interesting: "13.) Owls are zygodactyl, which means their feet have two forward-facing toes and two backward-facing toes. Unlike most other zygodactyl birds, however, owls can pivot one of their back toes forward to help them grip and walk."
I'm kind of envious, but imagining shoe making would be difficult.