Re: [cobirds] Re: Aggressive Owl in Superior

2021-02-03 Thread Peter Ruprecht
Just a bit more background on this situation in case anyone is interested. I live pretty close to where the incidents happened. At least three groups of people have had a GHO swoop down at them after sunset in residential neighborhoods. In at least two cases, the owl hit a child in the head hard

RE: [cobirds] Re: Aggressive Owl in Superior

2021-02-03 Thread mblackford
l.com" Date: 2/3/21 12:22 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Colorado Birds Subject: [cobirds] Re: Aggressive Owl in Superior Agree. Seems better to let it be. Maybe warn hikers of that situation.   John Rawinski Monte Vista, COOn Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 12:52:49 PM UTC-7 teheinr...@gmail.com wrote:Th

Re: [cobirds] Re: Aggressive Owl in Superior

2021-02-03 Thread Scott
It is unlikely that  any Great Horned Owl would defend its nest before the eggs have hatched. The owls incubation is 35 days, at least.  This means that the owl would have had to lay its eggs in late December. This has only been documented a handful of times in Colorado. I find it hard to