Yesterday morning, I went out to the pigeon loft to perform my daily ritual of watering and releasing my flock for their daily exercise. I had quite a surprise when I looked in my loft because a Great Horned Owl had figured out how to use my bob entrance and had killed 25% of my flock.
I was able to get these photos while my wife prepared to safely remove the owl from the loft. Protected with welding gloves and a heavy jacket, she was able to towel the GHO and remove him from the loft. The Owl was a little skinned up from trying to fly through the chicken wire walls when he realized that he was trapped in the loft. Aside from the abrasions in his face he appeared healthy and un-injured.
We walked him to a different area of our property and set him on a log slab that I had cut with my Alaska chainsaw mill.
We removed the towel
and he flew away.
Here's some of the losses to my flock
So I've got the bob entrance blocked off and I'm working on a way to hinge the landing platform so that I can swing it up against the bob entrance and secure it at night.
Dan
I was able to get these photos while my wife prepared to safely remove the owl from the loft. Protected with welding gloves and a heavy jacket, she was able to towel the GHO and remove him from the loft. The Owl was a little skinned up from trying to fly through the chicken wire walls when he realized that he was trapped in the loft. Aside from the abrasions in his face he appeared healthy and un-injured.
We walked him to a different area of our property and set him on a log slab that I had cut with my Alaska chainsaw mill.
We removed the towel
and he flew away.
Here's some of the losses to my flock
So I've got the bob entrance blocked off and I'm working on a way to hinge the landing platform so that I can swing it up against the bob entrance and secure it at night.
Dan
