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 <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:24 am Subject: Fw: [mnbird] FW: [MOU] Owls....again > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Benson" <[email protected]> > To: "Alt, Mark" <[email protected]> > 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" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > 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: [email protected] [[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. > > > > Just out of curiosity, are there bones in the pellets? > > > > 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 > > > 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 ... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mou-net mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mou-net mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mnbird mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird >
