Subject: Re: Peregrines eating squirrels
Date: Oct 16 18:06:01 1996
From: mwaller at wolfenet.com - mwaller at wolfenet.com


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>On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Don Baccus wrote:
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>> >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,

Some have. A few years ago we had to net over all of our small bird yards
and install an uplight because of a resident GRHO. Some how it missed all of
the Mallard volunteers at the other ponds on the grounds.

And welcome back.

Mike
Mike Waller
Manager of Operations
Woodland Park Zoo
5500 Phinney Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98103
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