Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, my daughter is a marine biologist and has a book full of interesting facts about wildlife. In the UK the worst environmental disaster ever was the grounding of the Torrey Canyon oil tanker in the 1960s. Domestic cats in the UK kill as many birds in 2 weeks as were killed in that disaster... She will not replace her cat when it passes away, she did not realise what a disaster it is for man to impose such a vicious predator in such vast numbers on the natural wildlife population. Normally nature supports very few raptors per population of prey species. As usual man f*cks it up, usually without realising it! I bet for every cat killed by a bird there are tens of millions of birds killed by cats! Frank D. On 13 Mar, 2010, at 04:13, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > If so that would have been very unpleasant for the owner to witness of > course. > Strictly on a predator comparison without regard for human > emotions, domestic and feral cats are far more destructive and intrusive > predators than owls. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 13 March 2010 13:58, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > wrote: > >> Those things are ruthless predators. I know someone who had a cat carried >> off and eaten by a great horned owl. She watched helplessly as the owl >> ripped her cat apart while it screamed in terror! >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-424-0897 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> >> >> On 3/12/10 10:20 PM, "Hugh Thompson" <hewthompson at mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Doug - what expressive birds, does not really approve of us ..... >>> beautiful creature >>> >>> Hugh >>> >>> >>> On 13-Mar-10, at 5:59 AM, Doug Herr wrote: >>> >>>> Yesterday evening I found a reasonably cooperative Great Horned Owl >>>> (Bubo viginianus) in a still-leafless tree and managed a photo >>>> before the sun set: >>>> >>>> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/ghow05.html >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information