[TN-Bird] Barn Owl
- From: "David & Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "sefc" <SEFC-Birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:22:02 -0500
About 2/1/05 neighbor Charles Simcox gave me a feather he found under a stand
of White Pines between our houses. He wondered what it was.
I thought owl or hawk, looked through field guides, but it didn't match... sent
it to Kevin Calhoon, who thought it was a right wing secondary from a Barn Owl,
which does match,- I hadn't considered Barn Owl.
Charles showed me where he found it, and we found 6 more, all similar and right
wing. He said he had picked up another 5 or so and discarded them.
The seven I have looked at are all cut off at the base, as with sharp scissors,
not pulled out, no other feathers or down or blood.
What happened? We have a large Cooper's Hawk and some Great Horned Owls in the
area, but it's hard to see how either one of them could have cut off a handful
of feathers from one location and nothing else. I suppose the Barn Owl could
still fly with a dozen missing feathers on one wing.
My own estimate is a Great Horned Owl's agression rather than a a Cooper Hawk's
feeding. Suggestions welcome.
David and Gloria Patterson
Houston Lane, Ooltewah, Chattanooga, Hamilton County
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