Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:31:23 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Steve Huy Subject: Re: Barred Owl Calls MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 01/18/03 08:31:56 Eastern Standard Time, gmjett@COMCAST.NET writes: > Stan > Keep your eye on the owl while you are calling. They have been know to > attack imitators and cause injury. It is great fun but please be careful. > You are in their territory and they hoot for real. > George > I advise wearing a hat with a brim (and not a backwards baseball cap) this may offer some protection in such an attack. But a small owl, screech or saw-whet can still hit you in the face. Steve H. Middletown, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================