Who loves Owls?


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icedolphin

5:55pm Sep 20 2011 (last edited on 6:15pm Sep 20 2011)

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I don't know if there's many people on Res that LOVES owls as much as I do so I thought why not make a fan club actually see who LOVES them. So if you love owls join the club! You can say exactly how much you love them by telling how your love came to be or doing the scale 1 to 10. I love them soo much I would get a Saw-whet, Barn, and Spotted owl.

Well here's how my love came to be. I've always had a love for birds and one day I watched Guardians of Gahoole. And I relised they were so beautiful and majestic, like no other bird. And before I watched it I never really had interest in owls because I never really thought about them. So after I watched the movie I found a book series but then after awhile it became out of my interest. So I looked for books about owls and I only found 2 so I checked them out and learned lots of facts. I learned Spotted owls are in danger because we keep chopping down the ancient forests, and thats the only place they live. Then after I learned about them I had to get owl everything although I couldn't find much realistic owl stuff. Just the ones with big eyes and pudgy bodies. But I did find a cool 3D bookmark and a keychain those were pretty cool.
My love for owls continue and so is my search to see one in person.
SugarRush

12:29am Sep 21 2011

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I love owls. c:
They're so cool. ^^ They're really interesting creatures.


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BowEcho

2:57pm Oct 16 2011 (last edited on 3:01pm Oct 16 2011)

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If you want to see one in person (and you live in/near the country) here's what you do:

1) Research which owl species live around you.
2) Get a battery-run CD player with good speakers
3) Get a CD with owl calls that match the owls in your area
4) Go out somewhere in the country, near but not actually in the woods (you want to be able to look up and see the owl's shadow)
5) Play the owl call, depending on what you want to draw in. Don't play it too loud; let the call run for about 3-4 seconds, then pause the track and listen for a bit. If there are owls nearby, they'll answer; they're territorial birds
6) If you hear nothing turn up the volume a little bit and keep trying. Don't ever turn it up all the way; a few notches louder than normal listening volume should be good, and normal listening volume is fine if there's no nearby traffic or background noise
7) When the wild owl sounds like it's gotten close, keep your eyes open above you. It may go over your head and you will NOT hear it flying. They're dead silent.

If an owl never calls back or if it suddenly shuts up, you probably attracted one or more great-horned owls to the area. Great-horned will eat other owls without hesitation so any other species won't risk making a sound. Be VERY careful if you think there's a great-horned around. They can drop a full grown man to the ground by diving on him, they're that powerful, and they're not nice birds. Stop playing the calls altogether if you think you drew one in, but if you keep looking up in the sky you might see it fly by.

Also, in case you didn't know, you can't actually have an owl as a pet. xD You can't even have an owl feather you found on the ground without a license for it; it's highly illegal and will get you in a lot of trouble. Just keep that in mind~ <3
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