From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Dec 4 00:05:07 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB482ZlG014245 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 00:02:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m19.mx.aol.com (imo-m19.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.11]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB481fYK014205 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 00:01:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m19.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id t.144.3a41f574 (4206) for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 03:01:38 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 03:01:38 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6036 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Barn Owl behavior - fishing? X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] We had a surprising visit from a barn owl at our house on Thursday. The owl was in our atrium upon our arrival at about 4:45 in the evening(dusk). Our atrium is an open to the sky atrium with a turtle and Koi pond. We apparently scared the owl as we walked through the atrium to enter the house, because it tried to fly into some of windows of the atrium. The owl actually stayed in our atrium for about 20 minutes trying a number of different perches. It did finally leave after we approached to close while captured some videos of the bird. The real interesting part about this owl was that it returned later that evening at about 10:30. I only noticed it when the owl banged into the window again after apparently scaring it as I walked by the atrium. The atrium is about 18 feet square with 2 of the walls being full glass. It dropped to the ground and proceeded to hop around the atrium tile floor for a couple of minutes. It then flew up to perch on the 3 foot tall turtle and koi pond where it seemed to be quite interested in the large (2 feet long) koi. After a couple minutes, the owl flew up out of the atrium due to our changing of viewing position. I entered the atrium to check on the fish and turtle, and saw the owl fly off from the roof above the atrium. We decided to cover the turtle/koi pond before going to bed, but in the morning we found owl droppings on the tile floor under the atrium roof edge along with some drops of what appeared to be blood. The turtle and koi were still in the pond. The turtle and koi pond is not new, and over the years, we have noticed owl droppings on the atrium floor and even some pellets. I am a little concerned that a) our koi may become someone's dinner, or b) the owl will get hurt while trying to catch the koi or turtle. So here is the question: Do barn owls catch fish? Charles _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]