NDR- Wild picture

LI-Jack

LI-Jack

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I recieved this picture today from a friend who found this along a roadway. Look at what is clutched in the owl's talons. We see owl's on Long Island, but this was just a wild photo. Too bad he or she couldn't enjoy the last supper.


-Jack


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That looks like a Norway rat. We had a sewer project underway in our area last summer and these little buggers were all stirred up. Too bad for the owl.
 
Happens a lot.
Roadsides are great mouse habitat, usually have nice perching trees and short grass which makes hunting easy.
Owls + Rodents+Cars = bad news for owls.
 
I agree w/Carl, I counld't count all the redtail hawks I've almost clipped or seen dead.

Gene
 
Interesting picture. Reminds me of the time I was out for a hike in the snow and came to an outside corner of a fence row. Out from the corner post came the tracks of a mouse. It only got about 6 feet before an owl (best guess) came down and plucked it out of the snow. The evidence was pretty clear with the feather marks in the snow. Wish to this day that I had had a camera along.

I heard a talk from a person involved in wildlife rehab, specifically eagles, and she said that the most effective predator of eagles is the automobile.
 
That is great pic and will tell us how fragile our eco system really is. I know in the past I have hit an owl, specifically on the Alcan just west of Whitehorse. Makes me feel terrible.
Al
 
Apparently a huge problem out here with Barn Owls. A couple of years ago I was traveling in Eastern WA and noticed about 25 dead Barn Owls along the highway in a 100 mile stretch. While Barn Owls are some what common here my path rarely crosses with them so they were unique to me. I don't think I'd seen 5 Barn Owls in my life and here was a couple of dozen dead ones that I could see on the road. What was in the ditch that I missed? So anyway, I checked with a Bio friend and he stated that it was a huge problem when the owls were attracted to the highway especially in the winter. Now I didn't stop to see if their prey was still attached...very unique situation and picture.
 
A few year ago I had a great horned owl fly into the side of my Suburban as we driving down the road. I saw it sitting on the power line pole and watched it fly off and then it just flew into us, it hit low on the drivers door. I think its call target fixation.
 
A guy I used to work with had one fly into his drivers side window. Bad enough by itself but the window was open. Everyone survived w/o a lot of damage but the jokes kept on coming.
 
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