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Feeding the Owl
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06/21/19 01:41 AM
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Had a squirrel in one of the bird feeders this morning. I gave him a lead injection with the Tikka, and the wife was immediately after me to get rid of the carcass. But I forgot. Just now we were standing in the window watching the twin fawns in the front yard/pasture when she remembered the squirrel that I had forgotten. We switched our attention to where the squirrel was and darned if there wasn’t a whopper of an Owl standing on the squirrel. He just stood there for maybe 5 minutes before lifting off to a nearby oak tree, with the squirrel.
I mentioned to the wife that I knew an Owl would get the squirrel, but she called BS...
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/21/19 12:06 PM
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/21/19 01:12 PM
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Sounds like a wonderful morning, I'm jealous.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/21/19 02:27 PM
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Wish I could shoot the squirrels in my yard, well done by you and the owl.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 01:17 AM
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Got another squirrel bird seed thief a day or so ago. Owl got that one and ate it. Didn’t get a squirrel today, but the Owl is sitting on a low limb, waiting. He and I have the beginnings of a synergistic relationship, though I let him down today.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 01:28 AM
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He will forgive you...carry on!
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 02:11 AM
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Here he is. Where’s my danged squirrel?
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 02:41 AM
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 02:53 AM
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Who?
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 02:55 AM
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Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 03:04 AM
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That is cool Looks like a great horned owl but I could be wrong.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 05:29 AM
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Got another squirrel bird seed thief a day or so ago. Owl got that one and ate it. Didn’t get a squirrel today, but the Owl is sitting on a low limb, waiting. He and I have the beginnings of a synergistic relationship, though I let him down today. You have initiated an entitlement program now. Now if you default tomorrow he may contact the ACLU for his emotional distress.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 01:26 PM
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That is awesome, I have only seen little Barred Owls at my house and those arent a common sight. I would love to be able to watch a big barn owl every now and then.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 02:31 PM
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 02:33 PM
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 02:48 PM
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I was talking to the guy who processes my deer last year, and he told me an owl had swooped down and stolen the rabbit fur lure he was using for calling in coyotes. The lure part is magnetically attached, and the owl took off with it.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 04:13 PM
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Got another squirrel bird seed thief a day or so ago. Owl got that one and ate it. Didn’t get a squirrel today, but the Owl is sitting on a low limb, waiting. He and I have the beginnings of a synergistic relationship, though I let him down today. Not sure about owls but hawks only need to eat about every 3 days.
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 04:42 PM
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Looks like a Great Horned owl
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/25/19 06:22 PM
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Just dropped another bird seed thief. I hope the Owl will take it off this evening.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/26/19 03:01 AM
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Cool!!
We usually have a pair too. Their main diet is squirrels also.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/26/19 01:05 PM
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Just dropped another bird seed thief. I hope the Owl will take it off this evening. Waste of good squirrel. Try barbecuing the young ones. Stew the old ones.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/26/19 03:54 PM
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Well, wouldn't you know it...Just had two of them in my backyard last night. They were fighting with other birds. Quite a show!
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/26/19 07:26 PM
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Pretty cool photo!
If you're shooting the squirrels with lead pellets and the owl is eating them regularly...you're slowly killing that owl via lead poisoning also via ingestion. I'd recommend just throwing the squirrel out. Just the $0.02 from a biologist who has looked at a lot of lead poisoning in birds, both waterfowl and scavenging birds.
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/26/19 08:18 PM
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does Tikka make a pellet gun? I would guess it was a rifle and the bullet passed thru ...
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Feeding the Owl
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06/26/19 09:33 PM
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It was a 40 gr pellet from my 22LR, and just one of those, so worry not about the Owl.
I have bigger things to worry about. We had a bobcat in the yard a couple of days ago, which is no big deal, but we have all those new fawns. The wife loves those fawns. Last evening that bobcat let out an inhuman howl and the wife jumped 2 feet in the air and both cats tried to rip the screen getting back inside. So she said to shoot the bobcat, which might be tough if I never see it again, but I’m not shooting the bobcat. Ahhhh...Wimmin!
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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