Since we are talking hawks and owls, I have a question. I have a small preserve in back of my house. I have deer, hawks, heron, feral cats all kinds of birds. I am pretty sure I have an owl. When I go out at night to bring the dogs in the outside kennel in the house for the night, there are times I hear this god awful scream, screech its hard to explain. One morning while it was still dusk I was putting the dogs out and heard the scream, I saw eyes way up in a tree but couldn't make out what it was and it looked like something was fighting. Another time at dusk I saw two big black birds bomb diving something just sitting there on a branch. I was trying to make out what it was ran back in the house and got my camera with the zoom and still was having a hard time but concluded that it was an owl just don't know what kind. It was dark colored, very large like a cat and what looked to be tuffs on the ears. It was not a cat because the back of the owl there was no tail and was like v shaped almost. I also saw it move its head almost all the way around. I am thinking screeching owl, the sound is just blood chilling : ) Anyone have any ideas. I am in Ohio. -----Original Message----- From: Gsdjudge <Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx> To: wdlnd <wdlnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, Jan 31, 2011 2:27 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Predators - now Hawk In a message dated 1/31/2011 10:54:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, dlnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: wls are strictly night hunters. Are your little puppies left out at ight? I would think older puppies too much for an owl, even a great horned wl. I have a small 12x12 bldg with a 20x20 chainlink puppy pen. Mon and pups go in and out as they please but i have it covered with a hesvy mesh shade over. The owls around here start coming out ar dusk along with the coyotes nd bats.. Bud ===========================================================================OST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original uthor and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind re permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the howgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its dministrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any ost. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER F ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL ARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A IOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html ATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================