I almost hit an owl this morning...

Lakesrider · 08-02-2010, 01:55 PM

Driving up the hill coming out of Melvin Village this morning on RT 109, A big, and I mean BIG owl flew right in front of me almost hitting the windshield. Right to left flight pattern.
I have been living up here for about 5 years now and had yet to see an Owl in the wild. (Just at Squam Lakes Rehab) Wow that thing was bigger than I thought they were. Don't know what kind it was but it was Brown, and did I mention it was BIG! And to boot both my passenger side windows were wide open in the truck. What if it had flown into the cab. Yikes.

Glad I did not kill it though.

It was really BIG!

Jonas Pilot · 08-02-2010, 02:20 PM

How cool! I bet it was a "great horned owl".

http://animals.nationalgeographic.co...orned-owl.html

Lakesrider · 08-02-2010, 05:10 PM

Yeah it looked like that. Brown. I have seen smaller owls before but this one was BIGger.

Argie's Wife · 08-03-2010, 11:06 AM

Maybe it wasn't just any ol' owl... maybe it was a legendary owl...

20mile · 08-11-2010, 09:15 PM

It may have been a Barred Owl. We have a couple of them in the back of twenty mile bay. We heard their mating calls last weekend at2:00AM. Very distinctive calls

08-02-2010, 01:55 PM	#1
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	I almost hit an owl this morning... Driving up the hill coming out of Melvin Village this morning on RT 109, A big, and I mean BIG owl flew right in front of me almost hitting the windshield. Right to left flight pattern. I have been living up here for about 5 years now and had yet to see an Owl in the wild. (Just at Squam Lakes Rehab) Wow that thing was bigger than I thought they were. Don't know what kind it was but it was Brown, and did I mention it was BIG! And to boot both my passenger side windows were wide open in the truck. What if it had flown into the cab. Yikes. Glad I did not kill it though. It was really BIG!

08-03-2010, 11:06 AM	#4
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	Guardian of Ga'Hoole Maybe it wasn't just any ol' owl... maybe it was a legendary owl...

08-11-2010, 09:15 PM	#5
20mile Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 20 mile bay Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts	Barred Owl It may have been a Barred Owl. We have a couple of them in the back of twenty mile bay. We heard their mating calls last weekend at2:00AM. Very distinctive calls Attached Images

08-02-2010, 02:20 PM	#2
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	How cool! I bet it was a "great horned owl". http://animals.nationalgeographic.co...orned-owl.html

08-02-2010, 05:10 PM	#3
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	Yeah it looked like that. Brown. I have seen smaller owls before but this one was BIGger.