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Discussion of other Raptor species; their anatomy, biology, ecology, etc.
Topic Started: Sep 16 2007, 11:04 AM (18,139 Views)
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Raptorman,Sep 24 2007
09:23 PM
It is very slimly possible that a "falconer" was using a Snowy for airport bird control. For the same reasons I mentioned earlier there are far better raptor species for nuisance bird control. Large falcons and some hawk species are superlative choices.

The brief thought occurred to me that perhaps the snowy could be used as a sort of scarecrow to frighten unwanted animals or birds away from an area. If a snowy was put on a prominent perch when there's no snow on the ground, it would be totally opposite to the owl's normal situation, but it's presence would be very obvious to any prey species.
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On the topic of the GHO, here is a story which may be of interest to folks posted today about a rehabilitated owl which will be released back to the wild - they used something called imping on this owl's injured wing.

Wounded Owl Patched With Glue
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Raptorman,Sep 21 2007
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Bea: I copied your photos over to this thread. Rather than tell you the answer straight out I would prefer to help teach you and other how to take certain observations and using them and possibly some resources come to a likely conclusion.
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Thank you so much Bill for this outstanding lesson. I really appreciate the step by step info on how to I.D. birds by looking at the various body parts, size, objects to compare to, coloration, plumage pattern and the many other points you described. And I like how you compared and "eliminated" other birds that did not fit the picture to arrive at the most probable identification possible. I will definetly try to follow your steps from now on. I purchased the National Geographic Society "Birds of North American" Field Guide and the big version also a couple of months ago, and really like them. I was happy to read you recommend them.

As Patti mentioned, we live in the same neighborhood, (she's about 3 minutes up the road and higher on the hill) and we OFTEN get to see hawks and Turkey Vultures, and lately I've also noticed a Great Horned Owl in the Avocado Orchards behind my house. The one thing I sorta miss is some falcons in my area, but I'll keep my eyes open. I think I saw one (have a so-so picture of it - will try to find it!), but in general it's mostly vultures and hawks. I do notice a lot of Falcons over the agricultural fields in the Oxnard Plains.

Ostrich, thank you so much for that article about the owl. That is really something. I like the idea of repairing the feathers this way, because it is only temporarily until the feathers grow back, and then it is all natural again :D .

Oh, and I have a quick story to tell about an owl picture.
I used to work in a Bank some 15 years ago, and it was common practice to exchange gifts on Christmas by drawing names. I drew my asian friend's name and purchased this lovely panting of a Great Horned Owl. I never saw her hang up the picture, and years later her husband told me that in some asian countries the owl was believed to be a bad omen. Up until then I had never heard of that, have you guys?

And I always laugh when I see my neighbors "fake" owl on the roof of his house. Crows, Doves and just about every other bird has landed on it at least once to take a rest. rofl

Okay, will stop for now. Still have to take Bill's quizz. Was hoping to do that this past weekend, but then ended up nowhere near a computer all weekend, and basically just caught up here. I know there was more I wanted to say, but it'll have to wait till later since I am supposed to be at work here :lol: .

Thanks again!!
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Bea,Sep 26 2007
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Oh, and I have a quick story to tell about an owl picture.
I used to work in a Bank some 15 years ago, and it was common practice to exchange gifts by drawing names. I drew my asian friend's name and purchased this lovely panting of a Great Horned Owl. I never saw her hang up the picture, and years later her husband told me that in some asian countries the owl was believed to be a bad omen. Up until then I had never heard of that, have you guys?



Bea .... we have a friend in Duncan ... although she is not 'First Nations' she does have family that are ... and they strongly believe to see an owl is a warning of a 'passing'. Rather like a messenger to them.

I am a little sceptical about that ... but she tells me that it has proven right in her case several times.

Have only seen an owl once myself ... in the UK ... driving home one night ... it flew across the road a few feet in front of the car.

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Hi Pat, yeah, I'm sceptical about that too. Personally, I think Owls have gotten a bad rep through movies, with maybe the exception of the Harry Potter movies and novels. I think that really helped the owls to become somewhat "cool" :D
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Come to think of it, I remember the story of the lady that lost her owl (Ojai Raptor Center I believe), and how touching the reunion was. Remeber that story Pat? There was also mention of the family seeing the owl on the day they had to put down their dog and how they thought seeing the owl that day was just so appropriate? I'll have to dig up that story and put a link to it here. I think maybe Bill would enjoy reading it too.
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Hi Bill--I've been off the DB the past few weeks due to work, but want you to know that I think about this new thread often. Thanks for your input & I look forward to coming "back."

I did try to open the two clips, but believe your links were broken, which happens with Photobucket. If you send me a PM with your original links, I could fix it for you. Once you put one PB link in a post and close it, you cannot go back into the post again to add to or edit it, or the Photobucket video links will be broken. That's basically how it works and a pain in the neck.
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Try these links everyone - they seem to work for me:

On The Road - Part 1

On The Road Part 2

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ostrich2,Oct 5 2007
01:21 PM
Try these links everyone - they seem to work for me:

On The Road - Part 1

On The Road Part 2

Absolutely awesome and oh so heartwarming. Ostrich2 and Raptorman - thank you for posting these videos.
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Oh wow I so loved those videos. Thanks so much for sharing them . I am very glad to have found this thread today.
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Oh my, awesome, awesome, awesome Bill!! I just don't have any other words. Just awesome!!!!!
We are so lucky to have you teach us. What a wonderful person you are.

I've been missing from this thread (not because of lack of interest, but rather because of lack of time) and have a lot to catch up on. Sooo looking forward to it. Maybe/hopefully this weekend. Thanks Bill, for giving us a glimpse into your life. You rock!!
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