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Posted By	Posted Date/Time
texaszephyr	14-May-11 - 09:03 AM ET
texaszephyr	14-May-11 - 09:05 AM ET
SuperXJeff	14-May-11 - 09:30 AM ET
BILL GRILL	14-May-11 - 09:48 AM ET
Anti-Fed	14-May-11 - 10:31 AM ET
RickN	14-May-11 - 10:49 AM ET
texaszephyr	14-May-11 - 11:53 AM ET
CalvinMD	14-May-11 - 02:32 PM ET
mtneer88	14-May-11 - 02:50 PM ET
Pull & Mark	14-May-11 - 03:15 PM ET
Shooting Jack	14-May-11 - 06:24 PM ET
Brian in Oregon	15-May-11 - 07:21 PM ET
RunGunIPSC	15-May-11 - 08:11 PM ET
wolfram	16-May-11 - 12:45 PM ET
sliverbulletexpress	16-May-11 - 01:07 PM ET
texaszephyr	17-May-11 - 09:41 AM ET

Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: texaszephyr
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 09:03 AM ET
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ive got 2 new kids in my yard.

These guys got blown from their owl box on a windy night last week, and are surviving nicely. They have just begun to fly some short distances. Their wing feathers are developing nicely but thier body is still mostly down and pin feathers. I hope you enjoy the pic. Their mom and dad will swoop down and feed them on the ground, and will let us get within about 10 feet from them.
Bob

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: texaszephyr
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 09:05 AM ET
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sorry about the double pic, I musta flinched on the up-load.
BTW these are horned owls. the parents are about 2 ft tall and these babys are already about a foot tall.
Bob

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: SuperXJeff
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 09:30 AM ET
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That is pretty neat! I bet the parents could make you stay back. Those are big birds as adults. Jeff

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 09:48 AM ET
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Bob, Very nice! Thanks for sharing. Bill

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: Anti-Fed
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 10:31 AM ET
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That's COOL!

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 10:49 AM ET
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Very neat...any pictures of the adults?

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 11:53 AM ET
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The parents are outside the house every morning about 5 am. If I ever get a chance to photo them in the daytime with enuff light, I'll post it. In the daytime they are pretty secretive
Bob

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: CalvinMD
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 02:32 PM ET
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they might enjoy a few fat store bred white mice to snack on...your pests problems will be gone forever!Beautiful birds..love watching them fly

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: mtneer88
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 02:50 PM ET
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Thanks for sharing the pictures! They are absolutely amazing creatures. Designed for stealth way cool.

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: Pull & Mark
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 03:15 PM ET
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Again, Thanks for sharing these photo's. I'd love to see the parents as well!!! Always good to see nature at its finest. Break-em all. Jeff

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: Shooting Jack
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Date: Sat, May 14, 2011 - 06:24 PM ET
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Last year I was goofing around and was hooting back at some owls and one of them swooped down and almost landed on me, and yes I had to go in and change my underwear. LOL They are quite large with an almost five foot wing span. I still do it but stay on the porch. I have several large oak trees next to my house and they always show up in the mating season. When I was stationed at Sunnyvale AFS in the 80's there were owls close to the flight line that lives in the ground. It was so neat to see the parents bring them out to stretch their wings in readiness to fly. I got to see four families raised while I was there. Jackie B.

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: Brian in Oregon
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Date: Sun, May 15, 2011 - 07:21 PM ET
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Nice.
Reminds me of when I was a kid in Omaha. A Great Horned Owl used to sit on a Crab Apple branch just outside my window one summer.
My son Sean and I often see a Great Horned Owl at our first stand when we go to eastern Oregon for varmint and coyote hunting. He'll swoop down on us to see what we're up to.
We can hear the owls at my mother-in-law's ranch near Sandy, Oregon, but have yet to see one. From the sounds and direction there are at least five different individuals, of at least two species.

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: RunGunIPSC
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Date: Sun, May 15, 2011 - 08:11 PM ET
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A little Pigmy owl hit the window once. He was stunned & I went out & picked him up. I could wrap my whole hand around him. About the size of a sparrow. He was really alert,curious & not nervous at all,exhibited no fear. Took him inside & showed the wife. Put him on the bird feeder(poor birds.) He hung around for 3 days & showed no ill effects. It was really wild the way the head swiveled around back & forth,almost 360 degrees.

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: wolfram
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Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 - 12:45 PM ET
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We have a brood of three Great Horned owls in our neighborhood this year as well. Really cool birds and their parents do a good job of keeping the rodent and quail population in check. Downside is the when they make a bombing run over your freshly washed truck .....
Good photo!

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: sliverbulletexpress
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Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 - 01:07 PM ET
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7 1\2 or 8's? Just kidding neat pictures.

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Subject: I've got 2 new kids w/pics
From: texaszephyr
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Date: Tue, May 17, 2011 - 09:41 AM ET
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Hey Budro, plan to be in Waco by thur pm if nothing goes wrong.
Bob

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