Last summer I went to fill a platform feeder six foot up in one of my = pine trees and found the remains of a rabbit in it. I wondered if either = a hawk or owl hadn't had lunch there. It may have been a cat too. I = found no owl pellets anywhere around the yard. Janet
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 8:38 AM To: Sharil Cc: [email protected] 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. =20 Just out of curiosity, are there bones in the pellets? =20 Sharon Stiteler Uptown, Minneapolis ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharil <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:20 am Subject: [mou] Owls....again > I was out doing some gardening last night...and found 2 owls=20 > pellets under > my pine trees...it was pretty cool... seeings i sent my son to=20 > 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 ... >=20 > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >=20 _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
