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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Great Horned Owl
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:13:58 +1000
References: <AD70A894-EC53-4AFD-AA48-0D38EEE6FC90@mac.com> <C7C077AE.2DAA6%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

If so that would have been very unpleasant for the owner to witness of
course.
Strictly on a predator comparison without regard for human
emotions, domestic and feral cats are far more destructive and intrusive
predators than owls.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 13 March 2010 13:58, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> 
wrote:

> Those things are ruthless predators. I know someone who had a cat carried
> off and eaten by a great horned owl. She watched helplessly as the owl
> ripped her cat apart while it screamed in terror!
>
>
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> On 3/12/10 10:20 PM, "Hugh Thompson" <hewthompson at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Doug - what expressive birds, does not really approve of us .....
> > beautiful creature
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> >
> > On 13-Mar-10, at 5:59 AM, Doug Herr wrote:
> >
> >> Yesterday evening I found a reasonably cooperative Great Horned Owl
> >> (Bubo viginianus) in a still-leafless tree and managed a photo
> >> before the sun set:
> >>
> >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/ghow05.html
> >
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