TexBirders:
During the summer of 1974 I was a summer intern at the Fort Worth Nature
and Refuge. Five of us recent Texas A&M-College Ststion Wildlife Biology
graduates did an assortment of duties. Those incluuded supervising four ir
five Neighborhood Youth Corps students. We also assisted the permanent
staff in rehabbing mammals and birds.
One of our birds was a fully grown Great Horned Owl. That particular bird
was nearly as tall as some of the Kindergarten and 1st grade students who
we led on nature-ecology tours for a number of school groups. At this
point I don't know if we trained that owl or if it trained us. I do know
that it came in handy to have a docile Great Horned Owl when educating
young minds..
One day some of our Neighborhood Youth Corps students got a differant
lesson from that owl. The five or six of us were walking in a line abreast
through a long, thin, clearing as we approached the site's headquarters.
During the stroll, as a budding biologist I was scanning the habitat. Up
in a tree on the left, far, side of the clearing I spotted4 our friendly,
semi-pet Great Horned Owl. About that time the bird decided that this
would be a good time to go to the right side of the clearing. In the
process my feathered buddy swooped right over the kids' heads. They in
turn dropped flat into the grass as I stood there. The interactions gave
me an interpretive opportunity. Forty-one years later I still think that
"tiger of the night" showed a sense of humor on that day.
Both types of interactions provided useful lessons for the students and me
when they happened. I hope the lessons stayed with the students as they
have with me.
Later!
Steve
Stevan Hawkins
San Antonio Tx
On Oct 2, 2015 6:27 PM, "Gene Majors" <genemajors@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 2, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Fred Collins <fcndc@xxxxxxxx> wrote:came on sitting at the dinner table. And I wore that hat out completely!
None were carried off because we were all home when the street lights
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "endersgt" for DMARC) wrote:
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" <
Crockett. Every kid in America had to have a t-shirt and 'coon skin hat'
Flashback to the 1950's: Disney films put out a huge hit called Davey
complete with coon tail. I wonder how many kids were carried off to aeries
as a result. :-)
had to unburden myself.Tom Fleming in hiding in N TexasSorry, I've held this imagery/joke in my head for a couple of days and
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thursday, October 1, 2015 11:54 PM, "dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
out of the chemistry building on the Rice University campus late at night.
Gene,
Many moons ago I had a screech owl hit the back of my head as I walked
Muleshoe NWR in the 1980's. I was walking along a path around one of the
More to the point of your report is something that happened to me at
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.
occasionally
Larry Jordan
Corpus Christi
-----Original Message-----
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
permissionin
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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