What was this winged creature? UPDATE ON POST #1

[deerman]

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ok will put it back.....i use that pic when people call me a vampire, because i only sleep in the daylight....tell them i got a pic of me out drinking.

 

[BlackBart]

#5 Ropen

(most likely a Owl)

 

[Pastor Mike]

Most likely an owl but I've had Blue Heron fly over at night as I was in the hot tub.

 

[noodleroo]

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What's a 'Ropen'? Is it like a Cucui?

 

[Imp]

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What's a 'Ropen'? Is it like a Cucui?

That's funny, I thought Ropen was a typo, but googled it.

I certainly hope that wasn't in my backyard.

And no Cucui either

Quatch just left at a full run.

he was sobbing a little

 

[BlackBart]

What is a Cucui?

Ropen:
http://pages.prodigy.net/jonwhitcomb/scpterosaur/

Edited to add. The natives around here called them Thunderbirds and usually put them on top of their totem poles

 

[zazouse]

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Is that an indian blue or spalding?

 

[noodleroo]

The Cucui or Cucuy is a hispanic culture 'boogeyman'. Parents used to tell children to stay in bed at night or the Cucui would come and take them away. It kept children from roaming around at night, going outside where they might get hurt or lost. I don't think I remember that it flew, though....

 

[MysticScorpio82]

Geez, I can't believe noone has mentioned the Jersy Devil yet! Perhaps he is up in washington, visiting for the holidays

hehe

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

A heron's neck looks like an S when it is in flight. They go to my neighbor's ponds occasionally, and frightened my birds by perching for a flight break atop my italian cypress trees. They are HUGE. Hawks and owls are much smaller. For that matter, so are eagles (talking great blue heron--some of the other herons are pretty small).