Thanks to all for sharing Owl Attack stories. Everyone seems to have a snake
story but who would have thought of owl (or eagle) attack stories? Mine comes
from 2006 when I got an iPod (remember?) with bird calls. I had the grand kids
in the back yard one night to call up screech owls. I did, one slamming me up
beside the head, drawing a little blood. The kids scattered. Since then I have
learned the ethics of playback, specifically from posts by Brush Freeman and
David Sarkozi and consider myself a more considerate, thoughtful birder.
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None were carried off because we were all home when the street lights came on
sitting at the dinner table. And I wore that hat out completely!
How I would have loved for an owl to come after it.
Fred Collins
At home on the Prairie
Waller, Texas
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On Oct 2, 2015, at 1:33 AM, "Ervin Fleming" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(Redacted sender "endersgt" for DMARC) wrote:
Flashback to the 1950's: Disney films put out a huge hit called Davey
Crockett. Every kid in America had to have a t-shirt and 'coon skin hat'
complete with coon tail. I wonder how many kids were carried off to aeries
as a result. :-)
Sorry, I've held this imagery/joke in my head for a couple of days and had
to unburden myself.Tom Fleming in hiding in N Texas
On Thursday, October 1, 2015 11:54 PM, "dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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Gene,
Many moons ago I had a screech owl hit the back of my head as I walked out
of the chemistry building on the Rice University campus late at night.
More to the point of your report is something that happened to me at
Muleshoe NWR in the 1980's. I was walking along a path around one of the
lakes, which was about five feet below the surface of the surrounding
prairie. This was in the winter and I was wearing a wool cap. Every now
and then I would look up to see what might be happening on the prairie. One
one of these occasions, I saw a Golden Eagle headed straight for me, about
fifty feet away. Fortunately the bird saw my face and flared away. I
assumed it saw the top of my cap moving along and thought it was some sort
of rabbit or some other prey species, and decided to investigate. That bird
looked as big as a B-52 when it was headed my way. It was an interesting
experience to say the least.
Larry Jordan
Corpus Christi
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From: Gene Majors <genemajors@xxxxxxxxx>
To: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Sep 30, 2015 10:43 am
Subject: [texbirds] Owl Attack
My daughter who lives in Terrell Hills (San Antonio) took off on her
early
morning walk at 5:30 and had gone a block when an owl swooped down
and
latched on to her hair, then flew off. Barred owls are heard occasionally
in
the neighborhood and I'm sure screech owls are present. She was not
injured.
Any ideas?
Gene Majors
San Marcos
P. S. she is not a
wizard.
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