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On 15-Nov-14 06:49, Mart van de Wege wrote:
> Well, that's probably 'athene noctua' aka the Little Owl:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_owl
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> Not a bad animal to use as base for a logo/emblem/mascot. A curious,
> smart, good-looking bird. About the only thing not in character for Ada
> is that the chicks tend to start out rather dumb, up to and including
> falling out of the nest, behaviour so common that the parents have
> evolved to continue taking care of the now ground-bound chick.

Well then, how about an owl that nests underground?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_owl