Here are 4 images I made this morning in my NEW folder (non-commercial
web site):
http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.NEW
The flight image was the second flight Ron described below, the last
two are just after sunrise.
With regard to the owl paying attention to children, I think it is
their small size attracts them like a small animal. When I have
encountered owls when walking my dog (even a 40 pound dog), the
owls seem extremely interested. Not as in fear, but as potential
prey. (I have observed the fear factor in a lot of animals, especially
on visits to the Serengeti.)
Roger Clark
Lakewood, CO
Ronald Green wrote:
I would agree, the owl did not seem to exhibit any problems flying or
navigating this morning while hunting or moving from one spot to the next.
On Saturday evening, I saw it capture some large rodent without any
apparent
difficulty. Additionally, Aaron Flohrs (DOW District Wildlife Manager)
visited the owl on Saturday and said to me that the owl appears to be
healthy. He said that he had heard rumors that some were feeding it and
should not be, especially since it showed no problems hunting and moving
about.
With respect to Roger's note on the owl and interest in the small
children,
I observed the same thing. It seemed more interested in them than the mom
standing nearby. Maybe because of their higher pitched voices and they
were
more vocal and active than the adult?
Finally, I arrived just at sunrise and found the owl on one the roofs it
seems to frequently use to hunt from. It flew about 20 minutes later and
then stayed for some time on another roof and then became very inactive.
About 9:30 to 9:45 it perked up and eventually flew again to a yard
and from
what I was told caught something but dropped it and then flew up to the
roof. I watched it make another two unsuccessful hunting attempts
after that
and then I left (about 10:30).
Ron Green
Scencic, Nature, and Wildlife Photography
http://www.greensphotoimages.com
