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Recently, a pilot helping to fight the fires in  California had an unexpected guest board his helicopter mid-flight.  Dan Alpiner, a pilot with Sky Aviation, was helping conduct water drops over the Creek Fire in Medera county when mid-flight, an owl flew in through the window and perched calmly inside his helicopter! What’s a word for something being really strange? Ostrobogulous!

Fortunately, the owl didn’t cause any trouble and after riding in the helicopter for a short time, flew right back out the window. A baby owl is called an Owlet.  A group of owls is called a Parliament. The name Parliament originates from C.S. Lewis’ description of a meeting of owls in The Chronicles of Narnia. Owls are zygodactyl, which means their feet have two forward-facing toes and two backward-facing toes. What's a word for the fear of owls? Strigiformophobia!