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A Swooping Barred Owl pinching pedestrian's hats in Oregon

To: Laurie Knight <>, "Owls and Hats"@cse.unsw.edu.au
Subject: A Swooping Barred Owl pinching pedestrian's hats in Oregon
From: brian fleming <>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 18:24:44 +1100
In territories of the Great Horned Owl (Nth America) it is a bad idea to wear a hat made of fur, particularly the kind with the whole animal plus tail, a la Davey Crockett... The Great Horned Owl has been known to kill people in these hats. Human temples are no defence against those claws.

Same probably goes for the Eagle Owl in Eurasia.

Anthea Fleming


On 7/02/2015 5:25 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
You’ve got to say that owls have the right sort of feet for this sort of lark 
...

see 
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/06/owl-attacks-joggers-and-steals-their-hats
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