Owls.

**Lummy** · 10-26-2019, 02:13 PM

Another GHO attack 10-24-19 on SWF nesting eagles:

That's the third attack on the female of this pair.

**Lummy** · 10-27-2019, 08:18 AM

GHO strikes again for a 4th time (with a plausible explanation) ...

10/27/2019, 8:37 PM: the GHO launched another stealth attack upon Harriet ~ flying from across the street. The owl hits her hard knocking her off the perch and downward ... has not returned to the nest since the attack .... More: https://www.dickpritchettrealestate....Oj_3PqWBE.html

She returned this morning after sunrise.

**Just AnotherPerson** · 11-04-2019, 01:38 PM

**bulletbob** · 11-25-2019, 12:28 AM

I have seen them kill mice in fields

**Lummy** · 12-02-2019, 05:35 PM

Was Kathleen Peterson killed by an owl?

How exactly could an owl be responsible for the death of Kathleen Peterson? The Owl Theory essentially posits that a Barred Owl attacked Peterson, got entangled in her hair, and inflicted serious injuries, including the removal of part of her scalp, which triggered a series of events that led to her death after falling down a flight of stairs. The theory first came to light in late 2009, after attorney Larry Pollard, a friend and neighbor of Peterson’s, took a fresh look at the evidence. Her autopsy revealed seven lacerations, including very deep ones in the back of her scalp, and pine needles stuck to one of her hands, which both held clumps of her own hair. As Pollard discovered, the strands in the victim’s left hand contained three small feathers. Also, as Pollard and several ornithological experts noted, the pattern and shape of the cuts on Kathleen Peterson’s head suggest a weapon quite unlike a fireplace tool. If the culprit was an intruder, the finger points to the Barred Owl, a common species in and around Durham. https://www.audubon.org/news/was-owl...murder-mystery