OT: Owls and raptors/was Re: Monday night rant

[Guest guest]

> One day one of the dogs found an owl that had fallen from its nest

> in a big tall eucalyptus tree. My uncle brought it home and raised

> it. It was all white. He'd feed it hot dogs and I don't know what

> else, but he kept it fairly isolated from all other people besides

> him; and the dog that was very protective of the owl. He did this

> so he could release it again when it got old enough. He took it

> out to where they had found it and released it. It would come back

> to his house every so often and sit in a tree or something like it

> was saying hello; then off again for as long as they lived there.

Now neat! The dog was protective of the owl?

A few minutes ago I saw a red-tailed hawk fly up to the tree in the

neighbor's yard, a few dozen feet from where I was sitting. I ran

out to see but he took off. The squirrels, needless to say, were

nowhere to be seen.

Z