OT.....but some neat footage

[larryccf]

of an owl, the last 2-3 seconds in flight before he lands on a security camera perch

http://www.dogwork.com/owfo8/

[JDS (Ohio)]

That is likely the last thing a field mouse sees, before becoming owl food. Dig those talons flexing out.

[larryccf]

had a wingspan that had to be 6 ft

[tickdoc]

dang cool....creeped me out a bit. I remember walking in the woods one time with my dad and having an owl that size fly a couple of feet over our heads....dead silent...no noise.

[TylerEOT]

Fantastic! Just love owls.

[JDS (Ohio)]

SHHHHH, not so loud, my wife will hear you. She's already freaky about letting Izzy out if she thinks she hears an owl. Actually, I wouldn't be too surprised if Izzy decided to hunt the owl, he's already tried to nab a full grown Canadian goose. I think the owl might be a bit too much for him though.

[larryccf]

one time, hunting grouse up in canada land, back a few miles in the woods in an old orchard, suddenly had a grouse come flying across a small opening and hot on it's tail was a hawk - both doing a real life version of those "dog fight" scenes where one jet fighter is following another thru the canyons - the grouse was darting left / right to avoid spruce trees, whatever, and that hawk was doing same, all quiet as could be, except for a slight sound air rushing as they'd use a wing to adjust direction

and they were booking, didn't have a radar gun on em, but had to be doing 50-60 mph in fairly tight growth. Kind of eery, like watching a real live dogfight with no sound