On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Don Baccus wrote:

> >Someone has to make the sacrifice, so I'll volunteer to accept a couple
> >of peregrines into my neighborhood if they'll promise to eat all the
> >local cats, too.
>
> Given the number of nocturnal cats roaming cities, I've always wondered
> why great-horned owls haven't taken up urban living.

Don--
Don McKenzie, Emeritus prof of Biology at Lewis & Clark, reported
some time ago that he routinely watched a GHO nest outside his
office window in a big fir..he said during nesting season, one or the
other of the owls would bring in a full grown cat about once a week..

Doggone owls..just like cops..never around when you need 'em..

Tom