In a message dated 6/7/2005 7:46:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
owler at sounddsl.com writes:

Increasing the intensity of a spotlight does little to increase the
probability of locating an owl. Anything over 500,000 candlepower is
unnecessary,and possibly detrimental to the vision of the nocturnal owls.
Remember that they have 8x the number of rods in their eyes that you have.
Boy, this thread brings back fond memories of a lively e-discussion from the
not too distant past.
Give a hoot!

Joe Meche
Bellingham, WA