Fw: [mnbird] FW: [MOU] Owls....again

[sharonks@mn.rr.com]

Yes, owls do eat birds, but taking a crow from a roosting spot surrounded by thousands of other crows is a different hunting technique than trying to pop off birds that were eating at a bird feeder.  That type of hunting flight is more suited to an accipter like a Cooper's or sharp-shinned.

Sharon Stiteler
Uptown, Minneapolis

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Benson <chrisb@fullcircleimage.com>
Date: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:24 am
Subject: Fw: [mnbird] FW: [MOU] Owls....again

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Benson" <chrisb@fullcircleimage.com>
> To: "Alt, Mark" <Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [mnbird] FW: [MOU] Owls....again
> 
> 
> > Until this past year I lived in downtown Rochester for many years.
> > In the winter we had hundreds to thousands of crows that would 
> roost next
> to
> > our apartment.
> > Every night in the wee small hours the crows would suddenly get 
> up and all
> > start "crowing"
> > or yelling.  After many sleepless nights watching them I finally 
> saw an
> owl
> > come through the middle of the roost
> > and take a crow with it.
> > The crows weren't too happy, and since then I've understood why 
> jays and
> > crows scream so loudly
> > when they find an owl.
> >
> > So yes, owls do eat other birds.
> >
> > And the owlets in our new neighborhood get harassed mercilessly 
> by jays
> and
> > crows.
> >
> > Chris Benson
> > Rochester
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Alt, Mark" <Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com>
> > To: <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net>
> > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:49 AM
> > Subject: [mnbird] FW: [MOU] Owls....again
> >
> >
> > Owls frequently eat birds, or whatever comes along.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On
> > Behalf Of sharonks@mn.rr.com
> > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:38 AM
> > To: Sharil
> > Cc: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
> > Subject: Re: [mou] Owls....again
> >
> > As I recall the thinking was that owls were attacking the birds at
> > night, but I don't know of feeder birds that would eat at a bird 
> feeder> at night.  Although it is possible for owls to eat other 
> birds, I have a
> > photo of a great-horned with a robin and a photo of an eastern 
> screech> owl with a blue jay it's unusual for owls to go after 
> songbirds since
> > they are kind of the Sunday drivers of the raptor world.
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, are there bones in the pellets?
> >
> > Sharon Stiteler
> > Uptown, Minneapolis
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sharil <slafleur@mchsi.com>
> > Date: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:20 am
> > Subject: [mou] Owls....again
> >
> > > I was out doing some gardening last night...and found 2 owls
> > > pellets under
> > > my pine trees...it was pretty cool... seeings i sent my son to
> > > camp north of
> > > duluth to find basically the same thing.. (smile).  So is it
> > > not possible that the night attacks i first wrote about were 
> owls  ...
> > >
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