Great Horned Owl

[Jstpssng]

This is good thread, and a bit different than the usual. Thanks to the OP for starting it. It's not quite perfect because it doesn't say anything about Mom, trains, prison, or getting drunk.
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Oops, sorry. I might have been listening to too much country music lately.

 

[dodge man]

When we went to an owl presentation they said owls don’t have a sense of smell so they will kill skunks. They said a lot of times you smell a skunk you are smelling an owl that got sprayed.

 

[MossRoad]

When we went to an owl presentation they said owls don’t have a sense of smell so they will kill skunks. They said a lot of times you smell a skunk you are smelling an owl that got sprayed.

Or a fox. They smell very much like skunks.

 

[MoKelly]

This is good thread, and a bit different than the usual. Thanks to the OP for starting it. It's not quite perfect because it doesn't say anything about Mom, trains, prison, or getting drunk.
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Oops, sorry. I might have been listening to too much country music lately.

You forgot dogs. Country music often includes the dog.

MoKelly

 

[goeduck]

The main predator of skunks is the GHO.

Owls must have something wrong with their smeller :yuck: :vomit: :yuck:

 

[Jstpssng]

You forgot dogs. Country music often includes the dog.

MoKelly

Good point, you should never forget the dog. My comment above was a line from an old David Allen Cole song.

 

[lilranch2001]

I just signed up for a Soar'inhawks Rehabilitation news letter my daughter knew about.

Its a local raptor rehabilitation group

 

[lilranch2001]

Ooooo and I went to Indiana DNR website, And Moss, you were correct, I think there is over a thousand Bald Eagles in Indiana now

 

[user.69169]

Meet Owl Capone. He an enforcer for smaller owls gettin picked on.

He ride trains, cant fly good cause usually drunk on fermented berrys, his moma in prison fer drunk operation of pickup truck.

 

[lilranch2001]

Meet Owl Capone. He an enforcer for smaller owls gettin picked on.

He ride trains, cant fly good cause usually drunk on fermented berrys, his moma in prison fer drunk operation of pickup truck.

Looks like he needs the services of Soar'inhawks Rehabilitation!

 

[user.69169]

Looks like he needs the services of Soar'inhawks Rehabilitation!

Capone is wid Braddocks Bay Raptor Research gang.

 

[MossRoad]

Ooooo and I went to Indiana DNR website, And Moss, you were correct, I think there is over a thousand Bald Eagles in Indiana now

Here's a project sponsored by Notre Dame that has some cameras on the eagle nest at St. Pat's County Park just north of South Bend. Check it out during daylight hours.

Live Bald Eagle Cam // Environmental Change Initiative // University of Notre Dame

 

[MossRoad]

Here's a project sponsored by Notre Dame that has some cameras on the eagle nest at St. Pat's County Park just north of South Bend. Check it out during daylight hours.

Live Bald Eagle Cam // Environmental Change Initiative // University of Notre Dame

They usually lay eggs near the end of February, so don't know if there's much to see there right now.

 

[user.69169]

Neighborhood kid sitting catching rays on roof of wishing well about 30 feet from house. Pictures not best, had to take thru window so not spook.

Not kid I know so I didn't talk wid him. Spent almost 2 hours mapping mouse holes in lawn.

 

[two_bit_score]

The main predator of skunks is the GHO.

That makes them worth a lot!

 

[daugen]

am almost finished building an owl house as a present for a relative living in Colorado.
After I explained that they need to mount this at least 15 feet up, which my super capable relative can do,
I then asked what size owl. I have hole saws up to 5 inches. The big owls call for a 6 inch hole, but someone mentioned some
cute and friendly small owls. So if one is going to build an owl hotel in Colorado (I also made sure they don't have small pets...)
what owl species is most needy here? My friends are consulting an ornithologist locally but I haven't heard back yet.

stairs installed both outside and inside, bottom is hinged and pinned for annual cleaning. Do owls need that like other birds?
do owls poop in their own homes? yuk

 

[lilranch2001]

The Great Horned Owl uses vacated nests from other birds and such, they do not build their own nests, not sure about other types of owls.

I have only been reading about the GHO's so far.

Lots of info on the ole interweb tho