[Magdalen] Owls!

[Suzie Buchanan]

Besides enjoying watching a parent owl feeding the chicks right now  . . .
I'm also fascinated with learning that you can live stream using
youtube??!!  I had no idea.

Susan

On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/7/2015 2:27:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jeRn29VpzY
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> On a walk with three of my Miniature Schnauzers some years ago
> in Wisconsin, I discovered four half-grown Great Horned Owls
> perched on a hackberry tree, and directly above the dogs, who
> had no clue the birds were there.  This species is probably the
> largest bird in that region, save, perhaps the wild turkeys.
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> Even though obviously owlets with lots of those fluffy juvenile
> feathers, they were still of very impressive size, and I honestly
> became concerned for the Schnauzers who weighed maybe
> 12 pounds wringing wet - not much bigger than the jackrabbits,
> the owls favorite food.
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> Mama/papa owl was nowhere to be seen, and I realized that being
> broad daylight, the owls were probably semi-asleep.   Nonetheless,
> I called the dogs and beat a hasty retreat.
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> Thereafter, that giant hackberry tree was always known to my
> family as "The Owl Tree".
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> Common Hackberry = Celtis occidentalis.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtis_occidentalis
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> Great Horned Owl = Bubo virginianus
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_horned_owl
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> David Strang.
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