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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: PEARL DRUMS on June 11, 2013, 11:16:28 am

Title: Owl?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 11, 2013, 11:16:28 am
Found this in my yard the other day. Any ideas? My guess is owl.
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Post by: JackCrafty on June 11, 2013, 11:19:48 am
Yep, from the look of that "fuzzy" edge I'd say owl too.  Might want to post a picture of it on the ground and not in your hand, though.   :)
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 11, 2013, 11:30:35 am
I know Patrick, stupid laws! I stuck it in the side of a tree in the yard. It was either that or the dog eats it.
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Post by: bushboy on June 11, 2013, 11:54:39 am
This is a flight feather of a hawk owl,so it rules out that species.If you have never seen one maybe google it ,their really grumpy looking things !lol!
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 11, 2013, 11:58:38 am
Its sad I cant utilize this feather one way or another.
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Post by: PrimitiveTim on June 11, 2013, 12:15:47 pm
Looks to me like it came off of a barred owl.  I've seen feathers just like that around where I live and I mostly see barred owls.
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Post by: bushboy on June 11, 2013, 12:32:49 pm
You could chop it down a bit and tie it to the tip of a bow as a wind indicator.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 11, 2013, 12:38:08 pm
Not even suppose to pick them up man. Its a federal offense here in the states.
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Post by: bushboy on June 11, 2013, 12:59:04 pm
OIC,seems a little harsh!
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Post by: osage outlaw on June 11, 2013, 02:14:43 pm
I still think its from the rare Mongolian Tulip Pecker.  ;D
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Post by: Pat B on June 11, 2013, 02:17:45 pm
Clint, I thought that is what Pearlie was!  ;D
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 11, 2013, 02:24:39 pm
There will be another Classic smart azz's! Keep it up.
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Post by: blackhawk on June 11, 2013, 02:41:37 pm
Lmao  :laugh:.... good one Clint...and better spin off pat  ;D

You already know my guess ;)
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Post by: Pat B on June 11, 2013, 02:53:02 pm
Chris, I think the three of us can take him!  ;)
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Post by: Gsulfridge on June 11, 2013, 03:01:44 pm
I still think its from the rare Mongolian Tulip Pecker.  ;D

Where do you guys come up with this stuff! Everyone is looking at me funny for laughing out loud in a quiet office.  :D
Title: Re: Owl?
Post by: osage outlaw on June 11, 2013, 03:05:15 pm
Chris, I think the three of us can take him!  ;)


I'll go low.  Pat and Chris do you guys think you can each handle a gunship?
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 11, 2013, 03:06:14 pm
Heres a little something for you smartys...
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Post by: Blackcoyote on June 11, 2013, 03:07:47 pm
yup owl for sure! I had one hit my truck one morning on the way to work this past winter...cost me a driving light and a new "bumper" (plastic) on my truck.  Bugger was in full dive at something in the ditch and i crossed his path at the wrong time. 
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Post by: YewArcher on June 11, 2013, 03:13:40 pm
I would sinew wrap that on my arra I tell you what.
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Post by: bubby on June 11, 2013, 03:27:47 pm
I still think its from the rare Mongolian Tulip Pecker.  ;D


lmao :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: Roy on June 11, 2013, 03:28:55 pm
I still think its from the rare Mongolian Tulip Pecker.  LMAO

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Post by: Pat B on June 11, 2013, 03:29:16 pm
Looks like derringers to me.  ;D

YewArcher, without proper heritage and documentation that could get you in lots of trouble.
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Post by: chamookman on June 12, 2013, 03:46:52 am
GREAT picture Chris - just spit coffee all over the 'puter  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:! Bob
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Post by: Pappy on June 12, 2013, 10:02:29 am
Got to love this place,cool feather. :)
   Pappy
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Post by: blackhawk on June 12, 2013, 10:38:57 am
I don't know...all I see is a bunch of ham n spam :laugh:
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Post by: Roy on June 12, 2013, 10:50:18 am
Yup and he has to leave his shirt out to cover up that beer gut:)
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Post by: IndianGuy on June 12, 2013, 09:50:38 pm
Yes its an owl feather, looks molted as well. I always admire them when I see them but let them lay where they fell . I recently saw some buzzard feathers under a roost an was suprised how pretty they actually are as well. Im such a bird lover that just seeing such things in the wild is a real treat!
Last week on a walk through the woods a coopers hawk flew right over my head with a squirrell in its talons. Was an amazing sight.
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Post by: Parnell on June 13, 2013, 02:48:39 am
 When I was young, I had an owl feather I found in...Illinois, or such
Where did that feather go?  Hmmm, I do not know >:D
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 13, 2013, 09:42:16 am
IndianGuy I had the PRIVELAGE of watching a Coopers take out a full grown drake Woody.....in flight! Then he ate his breast meat while he was alive. The duck had half his breast gone and was still alive after 30 minutes. The Coopers eventually dragged the duck into the woods and stashed him under a dead fall. Ill never forget that 45 minutes of my life.
Title: Re: Owl?
Post by: Marks on June 13, 2013, 11:07:56 am
Yep, from the look of that "fuzzy" edge I'd say owl too.  Might want to post a picture of it on the ground and not in your hand, though.   :)

Surely the Game Wardens have better things to do than stalk PA for owl feather picker upper picture poster. Say that 3 times fast.
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Post by: Buffalogobbler on June 13, 2013, 11:24:05 am
MarkS, I'm too busy laughing to say that 3 times fast!

Kevin
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Post by: IndianGuy on June 13, 2013, 06:14:03 pm
Pearl, Thats a cool story, raptors are the top of the bird food chain for sure!
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Post by: JW_Halverson on June 13, 2013, 11:53:22 pm
Pearl, Thats a cool story, raptors are the top of the bird food chain for sure!

Yeah, tell me about it!  I reached over to adjust the jesses on our great horned owl yesterday morning without first showing her my hand....she gave me such a dirty look and clamped down on the glove hard enough to leave bruises on my hand!   I accept the fact that she hates me, that will never change.  But she trusts me and will stand on glove while I walk around a classroom full of kids, she knows I will keep her safe.  And that means the world to me.

Great horned owls, by the way, can produce 29 lbs of pressure with each of their 8 talons. Do the math.  When in difficult times they have been known to take foxes as prey.  They weigh 3-3.5 lbs and take out a 12 lb predator? 
Title: Re: Owl?
Post by: Pappy on June 14, 2013, 11:33:23 am
I've seen Redtails catch Rabbits/squirrels and snakes several times,when I am bushhogging in the fall they set in the trees on the edge looking for supper. Pretty cool to watch for me,not the critters they catch. :) Wonder if they know snakes are protected in Tennessee. ??? ;) :)
   Pappy
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Post by: IndianGuy on June 14, 2013, 06:42:02 pm
"""" :) Wonder if they know snakes are protected in Tennessee. ??? ;) :)  Pappy"""""



THAT MADE ME CHOKE ON MY SNUFF!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: