BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS!

In a horrible sort of role reversal the Audoboners never seem to
mention, my brother was out walking his d*g before sunrise not long
ago and saw a huge owl seize and fly away with a cat.

Hey, this happens. I don't know how often (I'd think it's rare in the daytime;
I don't ever even see owls out then). But my sister in law watched an owl carry
off one of her kittens.

Sherry

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On 19 Apr 2004 05:17:46 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:

In a horrible sort of role reversal the Audoboners never seem to
mention, my brother was out walking his d*g before sunrise not long
ago and saw a huge owl seize and fly away with a cat.

Hey, this happens. I don't know how often (I'd think it's rare in
the daytime; I don't ever even see owls out then). But my sister in
law watched an owl carry off one of her kittens.

Sherry

My parents once had an elderly (15 years old) cat disappear, with no
clues except a small patch of blood on the front porch. We never
found out what happened to Tinkerbelle, but there had been a large
hawk in the neighborhood a few days earlier, so it is possible that
the hawk caught her.

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On 19 Apr 2004 05:17:46 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:

In a horrible sort of role reversal the Audoboners never seem to
mention, my brother was out walking his d*g before sunrise not long
ago and saw a huge owl seize and fly away with a cat.

Hey, this happens. I don't know how often (I'd think it's rare in
the daytime; I don't ever even see owls out then). But my sister in
law watched an owl carry off one of her kittens.

Sherry

My parents once had an elderly (15 years old) cat disappear, with no
clues except a small patch of blood on the front porch. We never
found out what happened to Tinkerbelle, but there had been a large
hawk in the neighborhood a few days earlier, so it is possible that
the hawk caught her.

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John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

John F. Eldredge wrote in message . ..


My parents once had an elderly (15 years old) cat disappear, with no
clues except a small patch of blood on the front porch. We never
found out what happened to Tinkerbelle, but there had been a large
hawk in the neighborhood a few days earlier, so it is possible that
the hawk caught her.



I have seen hawks taking squirrels out of the trees; cats are not
*that* much bigger, so I don't see any reason why that couldn't have
happened.

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Krista

John F. Eldredge wrote in message . ..


My parents once had an elderly (15 years old) cat disappear, with no
clues except a small patch of blood on the front porch. We never
found out what happened to Tinkerbelle, but there had been a large
hawk in the neighborhood a few days earlier, so it is possible that
the hawk caught her.



I have seen hawks taking squirrels out of the trees; cats are not
*that* much bigger, so I don't see any reason why that couldn't have
happened.

------
Krista

"LOL" wrote in message
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I have seen hawks taking squirrels out of the trees; cats are not
*that* much bigger, so I don't see any reason why that couldn't have
happened.
------
Krista

I remember when I was growing up that one of our cats, a HUGE black tom by
the name of Satan came home with horrible gashes down both sides. My mother
thought that an owl had tried to get him, but he was too large for the owl
to pick up. A couple days later we found the scene of the attack, and from
the owl feathers there, it looked as so he gave as good as he got! He
recovered well, but we noticed that he never really wanted to go outside at
night after that.

Patti

"LOL" wrote in message
om...

I have seen hawks taking squirrels out of the trees; cats are not
*that* much bigger, so I don't see any reason why that couldn't have
happened.
------
Krista

I remember when I was growing up that one of our cats, a HUGE black tom by
the name of Satan came home with horrible gashes down both sides. My mother
thought that an owl had tried to get him, but he was too large for the owl
to pick up. A couple days later we found the scene of the attack, and from
the owl feathers there, it looked as so he gave as good as he got! He
recovered well, but we noticed that he never really wanted to go outside at
night after that.

Patti