<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hello Rob,<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you for the report.</span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font><div>I spend much time observing and filming owls.<br><div><br></div><div>I am collecting owl swoop or strike stories. I am doing this to develop a more complex understanding of why owls swoop or strike people.</div><div><br></div><div>Could you or your friend please provide some additional information for me?</div><div>What time did this occur?</div><div>Was this in low light?</div><div>Did he see the owl before the strike?</div><div>Did it draw blood?</div><div>Any other observations?</div><div>(I have had this happen from a Barred owl, called my MD and he said I should have a current tetanus shot- within the past 5-10 years- which I had- important to tell your friend this).</div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Dan Reiff</div><div>MI</div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 16, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Rob Britschgi <rob.britschgi@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Reporting a Great Horned Owl 'sighting' at Tolt-MacDonald Park. A friend was mountain biking in the tree farm area this afternoon when he was pummeled by the GHOW while on the Phoenix Trail. After the smack, it lighted on a small alder some 30ft away. Of course, while the victim reached for his camera, said bird retreated to a nearby thicket, not to be seen.<div>Be safe out there,</div><div>Rob</div></div>
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