[rdb3]

Owls get that big? Wow!

I've never seen one in real life.

[fellowpatriot]

I used to date a guy who saved a baby great-horned owl that fell from it's nest. He had a two bedroom apartment and he kept the owl in a large cage in the spare bedroom. When the owl turned one, he took it to a friend's farm and, over a week's time, introduced it back into the wild. I always wondered how that owl made out.

Moleman, so sorry to hear of your loss! I lost an eight-year old brittany two years ago and it broke my heart. Unfortunately he was a fence jumper and runner - one day he found some anti-freeze. By the time the symptoms showed up it was too late to do anything about and I had to put him down. It was one of the worst experiences of my life! Two weeks later, I talked my husband into getting another one - he sure has filled the hole in my heart!

[Ford Fairlane]

Owls get that big?

I was out with my (previous) cat about 10 yrs ago around midnight, an owl came down & hit me in the shoulder & knocked me down (almost causing me to soil my shorts), I hit it with my .38

The next day my buddy & I stretched it out, it was 5 1/2 foot wingspan, his dad mounted it (& my cat was grateful it wasn't dinner)