Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

begs the question.........................
Is there a Terrible Horned Owl, a Good Horned Owl or a Not-So-Great Horned Owl?

Ha!
We have a long-eared owl, a short-eared owl, and the great horned owl.

Lots of others too. The tiny ones are fine and kind of cute. (And don't eat chickens).

I like the little Northern Saw-whet owl, and the Boreal Owl. Those are fine and safe.

 

[Alaskan]

That would be discrimination...now the owls would have to find their "safe space"....

If their safe space is full of crayons and paper and NONE of my ducks or chickens... well... groovy man, I am all for it.

 

[greybeard]

I guess, you could just 'barr' those uppity offended owls............

 

[Rammy]

I saw a documentary where they captured an owl bringing down a deer. Wow!

 

[Alaskan]

I saw a documentary where they captured an owl bringing down a deer. Wow!

Wait.... what???

Huge owl? Baby deer????

 

[Rammy]

I believe it was on Discovery and the show was Wild Russia or something like that. Yes, it was a full grown deer being taken down by a full grown owl. Amazing.

 

[Alaskan]

Crazy!

 

[Rammy]

I was looking for the video on youtube but after searching for it, either its not on there, or I have it wrong. I did find a video where an eagle took down a deer on camera so I think I mis- remembered.
There are other videos showing owls taking down other animals. Sorry. My mistake.

 

[Alaskan]

No problem. It fits in well with the Halloween theme.

 

[greybeard]

https://fox40.com/2015/03/15/giant-owl-caught-after-attacking-over-50-people-in-dutch-town/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/25/european-eagle-owl-attacks-dutch-town-purmerend

60-70" wing span. Eagle Owl.

https://cottagelife.com/general/gre...er-twice-leaving-him-with-16-puncture-wounds/

I had to slow this one down to .25 speed and still couldn't get a good look at the owl. (owl will come in from the far left of the picture..it's just a blur and I think there were 2 of them, one after another)

I had one attack my truck one night.
He didn't survive and I found him in the bed of the truck the next morning.