Amazing video of Owl in flight

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Amazing video of Owl in flight

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Full screen, almost looks like he's swimming through the air. "If played in real time this clip would take two seconds": http://www.dogwork.com/owfo8/
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Beautiful!
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A really amazing thing about the flight of Owls, is that they are totally silent in flight.
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George Ryals wrote:A really amazing thing about the flight of Owls, is that they are totally silent in flight.
True, that. One night a few years back, I was open air camping with my dog, and I woke up to him growling. I looked at him and saw he was looking straight up. There was a big owl hovering 8 feet above us in a light breeze. No sound, but the owl then proceeded to take a huge dump, missing my head by inches!
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Tim Shepherd wrote:One night a few years back, I was open air camping with my dog, and I woke up to him growling. I looked at him and saw he was looking straight up. There was a big owl hovering 8 feet above us in a light breeze. No sound, but the owl then proceeded to take a huge dump, missing my head by inches!
He was aiming for the dog?
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George Ryals wrote:A really amazing thing about the flight of Owls, is that they are totally silent in flight.
They are the original stealth bomber.
The first time a rodent hears an owl is when it hits him.
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justoneoftheguys wrote:
Tim Shepherd wrote:One night a few years back, I was open air camping with my dog, and I woke up to him growling. I looked at him and saw he was looking straight up. There was a big owl hovering 8 feet above us in a light breeze. No sound, but the owl then proceeded to take a huge dump, missing my head by inches!
He was aiming for the dog?
I don't know if "aiming" was involved, but it was closer to me! I'm glad he didn't decide to try and catch the round furry creature with the two big eyes (me)...
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That was nice, though it looks as though it killed the camera.

When I was about 12 I was sitting on a guard rail post along an empty road in the middle of a full moon-lit night outside of Pendleton, Oregon when a great horned owl came gliding in toward me. I was watching it until it came without about 10 feet of me and it was obvious it was going to land on my head. I waved my arms and startled it off (OK, I was cringing away!), but even with the drastic course corrections it had to make, I never heard a sound from it. I decided that the owl must be my totem animal just in case anybody ever wants to know.
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Fed a baby owl for a day that had fallen a few feet out of its nest. The little guy was two big eyes set in a downy ball of feathers. Was glad things got back to normal for him and momma owl when he was put back into the nest.

Pretty cool pet owl video....
http://www.wimp.com/malayeagle/

The Owl and the Pussycat....
http://www.wimp.com/catowl/
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Beautiful footage. (talonage?)
I have about 4 different owls near my home.

They're pretty messed up though, I once saw a barn owl land in my garage.
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