Had she not died ten years ago, yesterday would have been the 105th birthday of Louise Brooks. To celebrate, the splendid Bestiary posted a photograph of her with an owl on her head.
At least I think it’s an owl. Outa_Spaceman, to whom I am once again indebted for alerting me to the snap, thinks it is either an owl or a hawk of some kind.
It looks like a Little Owl to me, Athene Noctua, “distinguished by small size and squat, flat-headed appearance”
Mr Yates : Many thanks for your ornithological erudition.
Looks like a Vampire Owl to me, inasmuch as it casteth no shadow
More to the point,
Why would Louise Brooks be wearing a mouse infested hat in the first place?
OSM
I read recently that it’s not an actual picture, it’s apparently photoshopped. Interesting though!