Post by Sasquatch on Dec 7, 2005 21:17:33 GMT -5
A Great Horned Owl floats noiselessly through the dusk toward a roosting turkey, talons spread wide. The Gobbler, like all the owl's victims, never hears the attack coming, but he sees it. The Tom begins to take flight just prior to impact and flails violently as the Owl's talons bite deep but far off the mark. The owl is hopelessly entangled with the larger bird as both plunge to the ground below.
That is one scenario that might explain the bizzare discovery made on the grounds of Clifty State Park recently. A co-worker of my wife was hiking a few weeks ago when she came upon a dead owl and a turkey locked in a bizzare embrace of death. The Owl still had hold of the turkey, and the turkey still had it's beak stuck in the owl. Why the two birds came together is a mystery to me. The gobbler is a least a two year old by the look of him, and would seem to be a rather ambitious prey for even a big owl. However, I cannot see how else the two birds would have came into a fatal conflict with one another.
I wish I had seen the crime scene myself, as the person who found the birds is not a woodsman by any stretch. Perhaps I could have told more from clues at the scene.
Has anyone heard of such a thing?
That is one scenario that might explain the bizzare discovery made on the grounds of Clifty State Park recently. A co-worker of my wife was hiking a few weeks ago when she came upon a dead owl and a turkey locked in a bizzare embrace of death. The Owl still had hold of the turkey, and the turkey still had it's beak stuck in the owl. Why the two birds came together is a mystery to me. The gobbler is a least a two year old by the look of him, and would seem to be a rather ambitious prey for even a big owl. However, I cannot see how else the two birds would have came into a fatal conflict with one another.
I wish I had seen the crime scene myself, as the person who found the birds is not a woodsman by any stretch. Perhaps I could have told more from clues at the scene.
Has anyone heard of such a thing?
