grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello) (12/08/89)
In article <17726@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) writes: > >And my favorite, a "baby great horned owl that was orphaned and injured, >although it was 45 minutes before it was finally cornered and caught with >a net". This was really an adult saw-whet owl with no injury whatsoever. >How they had thought a feisty, flying bird was injured is beyond me. > Reminds me of yet another story! A friend swears he saw his first saw-whet owl at a party in Manhattan NY! It seems one of the guests found the bird sitting in a hedge in (or near) Central Park, stuck the bird in his pocket (!) and brought it to the party. Alas, it could not be a lifer, because it was not "wild and unrestrained". > If anyone has any more of these, feel free to e-mail them to me. Stories > such as these are fun to collect! Sam, if you collect any good ones, please post them! >-- >Sam Conway -Greg -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Pasquariello (916) 920-9092 grp@unify.UUCP Unify Corporation ...!{csusac, pyramid}!unify!grp