Re: Fw: [Birding-Aus] Powerful Owl attacks

["Rosemary Royle" <>]

Hi All,

This is reminiscent of the situation in the UK recently when Eagle Owls started 
to breed again in the country (this in itself being controversial as we can't 
quite decide whether they are an undesirable alien, a welcome coloniser or a 
returning breeder that has been extinct here for many years)

They chose to breed near a footpath in the Peak District, and the footpath had 
to be closed because of the owls' repeated attacks on passers-by. If memory 
serves me correctly, they mostly attached people with dogs.

As Stephen says, I would expect the nest site or maybe fledged nestlings to be 
very close to the site of the attacks.

(It is true, though, that Powerful Owls and Eagle Owls are not very closely 
related.)

Rosemary Royle
Wales, UK