Owl in my cedar tree

[mbrule]

I have owls for sale. Does anyone need? :laughing:

Do they do a good job keeping the rodent population at bay? LOL

 

[ArtMech]

Do they do a good job keeping the rodent population at bay? LOL

"... better than expected ..."

 

[sixdogs]

Do they do a good job keeping the rodent population at bay? LOL

Big impact on mice. Mouse carcass remains were everywhere last year.
This year it's doves and I have seen 5 separate piles of feathers that I believe to be owl attacks. They must not even hear the owl coming.

 

[Tollster]

They must not even hear the owl coming.

Saw a segment of this on tv a few years ago and never forgot it,

Owls : Silent Hunters | National Geographic Education Video

 

[Redneck in training]

We erect perches for owls near newly planted trees to decimate population of rabbits. The owls are quite large. I am guessing they are about 12 to 16 inches tall while sitting on the perch. When we got new puppy few months back we had to stay with it when outside to pee so the owls wouldn't take it. We have also few smaller owls on back 40.

 

[sixdogs]

Saw a segment of this on tv a few years ago and never forgot it,

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Now visualize the eye in the photo from the first post from about 20 inches away. Oh. and you weren't expecting it to be there. Instant pucker.

 

[weldermike]

Now visualize the eye in the photo from the first post from about 20 inches away. Oh. and you weren't expecting it to be there. Instant pucker.

PUCKER! I had posted earlier that I had one land in a treestand right next to me and we had a stare down! You want to talk about a pucker. If I had a piece of coal in my bung hole it would have been a diamond by the time he left. And he came back!!!! Double Pucker!!!!! Great experience tho!

 

[sixdogs]

PUCKER! ....

....talk about a pucker... If I had a piece of coal in my bung hole it would have been a diamond.... by the time he left...

....

Ahhh--hhaaaa--haaa-- what a great quote.



Accurate too.

 

[PatasColo]

The owls have had new "babies" in the courtyard at my work again. They are as big as a very large rabbit now, and covered in a mix of downy feathers and their first flight feathers (they hide behind bushes and other stuff at the edges of the courtyard).

No pictures of this new batch, but my wife pointed me at a very cool 1000 frames-per-second video of an eagle owl (a type of owl) in flight. Enjoy! :thumbsup:
Amazing nature - The Eagle Owl

-Mitch
P.S. S'posed to get into the 80's here tomorrow!!! And we're just over a week this side of Winter! Hope we get moisture soon, as the wildfire danger is already high.

 

[ArtMech]

No pictures of this new batch, but my wife pointed me at a very cool 1000 frames-per-second video of an eagle owl (a type of owl) in flight. Enjoy! :thumbsup:
Amazing nature - The Eagle Owl

-Mitch
P.S. S'posed to get into the 80's here tomorrow!!! And we're just over a week this side of Winter! Hope we get moisture soon, as the wildfire danger is already high.

Cool video!! Waiting for the pics of baby owls.
Be safe of fire.

 

[jimmyj]

a very cool 1000 frames-per-second video of an eagle owl (a type of owl) in flight. Enjoy! :thumbsup:
Amazing nature - The Eagle Owl

Amazing to watch the "mechanics" of the wings in motion. And the eyes never strayed from their plan of flight a bit. Great stuff!

 

[PatasColo]

OK, so here's one by popular request. Another of the juveniles now on our work campus. This one was taken through the 2nd story window of our conference room 2 days ago (we were having a meeting, and he showed up).

-Mitch

 

[ArtMech]

OK, so here's one by popular request. Another of the juveniles now on our work campus. This one was taken through the 2nd story window of our conference room 2 days ago (we were having a meeting, and he showed up).

-Mitch

What a beauty .. Next time invite him to attend a conference

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Next time invite him to attend a conference

Yeah! Invite him in!

:laughing:

 

[beppington]

Tonight's "catch" (caught on camera, that is).

This is a vision test - See what you can see, then check the "answer" to see if you got it right! :thumbsup:

The Test:

Click for the Answer:

 

[sixdogs]

Wow. Very impressive.

 

[beppington]

Another shot of one of those 2 showing him looking backwards about 180-degrees. Sorry, sun was going down, plus it's a jungle, so pics kinda dark. Also there's the flash makin' 'em look evil - I'm no pro photog

 

[PatasColo]

That was fun Beppington. Is either of those owls named "Waldo"? :laughing:
-Mitch

 

[farmfun]

Those RED eyes?
Taken at the border of Steven King's Pet Sematary?

 

[jimmyj]

I failed the vision test. Where are my glasses anyhow!?