nicksiders
210 posts
Sep 20, 2005
10:50 PM
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This early morning I lost a bird to what I believe was an owl. I have never seen an owl take a bird out of the air....was I seeing things or has anyone experienced this before?
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George Ruiz
54 posts
Sep 23, 2005
6:11 PM
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Nick all I can say is long live The Great Horned Owl !!
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Sourland
22 posts
Sep 23, 2005
6:41 PM
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Nick, I have had Great Horned owls kill bantams during the day. (Always at either dawn or dusk.) On one occasion a pair of owls flushed the bantams out of the pines that they were roosting in and one of the owls caught a bantam in flight. I would imagine they could catch a pigeon in flight. Like many of the birds of prey they are opportunistic killers.
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big al
114 posts
Sep 23, 2005
7:05 PM
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Hi Nick,
The Great Horned owl is very capable of taking a roller on the wing. They are one of the most fierce birds of prey in the world. I know of one who killed two red tails on bow perches in a barn on "General Principle" They're something!!
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Big Al
"High Plains Spinner Loft"
Last Edited by big al on Sep 23, 2005 7:06 PM
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George Ruiz
55 posts
Sep 23, 2005
8:15 PM
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Nick The Great Horned Owl does some good if you know what I mean, they eat birds of prey!
Last Edited by George Ruiz on Sep 23, 2005 8:15 PM
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motherlodelofts
291 posts
Sep 24, 2005
3:24 PM
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They have taken out a few of my Cats and Bantams also.
Scott
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