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Owls attacking humans

To: jon wren <>
Subject: Owls attacking humans
From: (Richard Johnson)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:06:52 +1000
Hello All

Indeed so, Jon. It was Eric Hosking, a legend in bird photography, who passed on a few years ago. The owl concerned was a Tawny Owl, if my memory serves me well, one of the Strigidae, the family that includes our Ninox owls e.g. Powerful Owl. The local bloke that got a talon up the snout got off lightly!

Richard

jon wren wrote:

Gooday all,
Didn't a British birdo write a book titled "An eye for a bird".
I cannot recall the author but believe he lost his eye during a nest
recording visit at an Owls nest in England. He then went on to do a great
deal of work on that bird family.
Jon Wren
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