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Predator on the fence

Don McManus
This magnificent fella stopped by Monday night at our house in town.

Been staying close to the ankle bighters when they go outside.383005_de7de00ae2d30a7e7423cbdfaf58c947.jpeg383005_14d43efca20be96fb4b42b93127b0238.jpeg
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  • spasmcreek
    good pics ..generally hard to get pics of them....got a BIG one around here i see off and on and once in a while can get a good view with the binocs
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  • Don McManus
    My wife took these with her iPhone at dusk from about 40 feet. I was/am amazed at the clarity.

    Had a couple decent camera rigs between 30 an 40 years ago and would have been challenged to do as well as the silly phone does today.
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    Cool! But yeah, keep a close watch on those little dogs.
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  • He Dog
    his surveillance equipment is as good as or better than your camera! :shock: You ain't putting the sneak on that one. :lol:
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  • drl50
    Cool picture. Looks like a Great Horned . Thanks for sharing.
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  • bambihunter
    It borderlines on creepy how far they can swivel their head around.

    Like said above, you aren't sneaking up on them.


    Years ago, I was hunting some land I had never hunted before. So, to get an idea of the game movement, I went out in an open field with a view of most of the property. There was a single huge tree out there. I sat in full camo, even face netting, on the ground beneath that tree. At around sunset, a big owl came swooping across the field quite low. Then, as it approached the tree, it converted its speed into elevation as it glided right up to some limbs about 15' above me. It looked around 360 degrees to ensure it was clear. Then, without a second in between, it just looked straight down at me. It was like he was saying, I know you were there. I knew the whole time, I just wanted YOU to know that I know. :D
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  • asop
    10 years ago we had a Great Horned owl land in our yard every evening at dusk and go round "pecking" at the ground. Did this for 3 or 4 years! Never got it. Grubs or what?
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  • Don McManus
    Forgemonkey,

    If you are still looking in at this, apparently these are frames captured from a video of the owl that my wife took from about 30 feet.

    She has the iphone 10. I don't think the video in my older version would be anywhere close to this, even if I could figure out how to capture a single frame.

    Regarding the owl, I have seen a few over the years, including one that looked to be 1-1/2 time the size of this one, but have never seen coloring like this around these parts. (NE Washington State and North Idaho.)

    It is truly a beautiful animal.
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  • jimdeere
    This little fella flew in front of my tree stand a couple of years ago. Right before dark.
    https://imgur.com/gallery/79zMKiu
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  • hillbille
    you may wanna follow that fellow around, I remember a episode of dirty jobs and they collected and sold the poop from those guys.......
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  • sxsnuf
    The look in that 2nd shot says it all.
    Raptors are badass!
    Grew up with a Raptor aviary in the back yard. (Long story, but it was all legal)
    I love them, large and small, to this day.
    Thanx for posting.
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  • He Dog
    Years back when I was hunting with red tails, I had a friend who decided to train a great horned owl for falconry. Extremely smart bird, did exactly what it wanted to. Did not catch many rabbits for him though. two as I recall in an entire winter. My red tail pretty much fed both of us through most of two semesters.

    Owls have one large and one small ear opening. That helps them locate the direction of sound much more precisely than we can.
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  • mrmike08075
    The neighbor on the left has two resume barn owls - the almost 360? turn of the head and the wicked little talons and the astounding unfurled wingspan draw attention...

    The wings do make a sound - but it's unlike any other winged bird noise I have heard...

    The blowing over a bottle neck noise and low hooting along with feathers susseration is intriguing.

    He has an artificial tree condo insert that they use - and they can and will hunt rodents and surprisingly other small birds - mostly he feeds them.

    He does not clip their wings or hobble or hood them and I suppose they could fly away - but he has had them for 10 years...

    How long do owls typically live???

    Amazing night vision - amazing eyes and pupils.

    Very friendly birds - they get along with our dog and ferret - but seem to be adverse to cats.

    I suspect in my region they don't get that big bit a great horned owl is no hummingbird.

    Never heard of anyone being scared of Owl's.

    Mike
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