Owl in the living room...
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Celtic Dragon said:
Nice Tawny owl.
If brave, put on a pair of gardening gloves, then if you can, sneak up on it from behind. To take hold of it put your thumbs together are if you are making the same hand pattern as if you were strangling someone, then bring your palms down over its wings and your fingers over its chest.
If not brave try and guide it out of the house as previously described.
Owls are capable of hearing mice and voles scurrying through long grass from over 100 ft away... If brave, put on a pair of gardening gloves, then if you can, sneak up on it from behind. To take hold of it put your thumbs together are if you are making the same hand pattern as if you were strangling someone, then bring your palms down over its wings and your fingers over its chest.
If not brave try and guide it out of the house as previously described.
I think your chances of sneaking up behind one in your living room are pretty slim to be honest!
mike74 said:
Owls are capable of hearing mice and voles scurrying through long grass from over 100 ft away...
I think your chances of sneaking up behind one in your living room are pretty slim to be honest!
You'd be surprised how dumb wild animals can be given a distraction like a reflection.I think your chances of sneaking up behind one in your living room are pretty slim to be honest!
Remember the old grass held between the thumbs trick, and when you blow on it it makes a noise? I've used that trick to get a fox to come to me like a dog, it was looking at me for 100 feet whilst trotting up the track, and old bolted when it got within 5 feet.
Before we had the open chimney filled by the flue for the log burner, one day whilst I was at work a rather large crow descended into our front room. There was a kerfuffle, so Mrs Champers went to investigate and was greeted to her, and the crow's,surprise, by them both standing there wondering what to do next. "It looked straight at me" she said. Now this was a crow "smarter than the average bear" who upon seeing her making a sharp exit to the kitchen, dutifully bounced behind her, and even politely waited at her feet whilst she opened the patio door to let him/her out 
Utterly true.
Mrs Champers still refers to "Mrs Crow", hmm
Utterly true.
Mrs Champers still refers to "Mrs Crow", hmm
How weird! A week ago I was walking with my son through the countryside in the Vale of Clwyd when we came across a cottage and a women in some distress, having just found an owl in her living room. I bravely evicted it using her jacket to wrap up it's wings. It was a fair sized owl, and I was a bit nervous about getting gouged, but I figured it was just basically a cat with wings... It flew away safely. Obviously not as uncommon as I thought....
What a beauty. Like any animal it will keep away from a predator (you) unless it feels cornered, whereupon it will lash out. I'd suggest those talons are worse than a pussy cat - could possibly take your finger off with its beak too. Some mesh over the chimney pronto would seem like a good idea.
Very lucky to see one up so close. They are very shy. Once in a lifetime opp for most people. Beautiful birds.
Very territorial, so they can get pretty stressed when approached. As others have said, best to stay calm, move in slow motion, and try to gently nudge them out of a big open windows with a blanket, pillow or long broom. Wear gloves and glasses or sunglasses if poss.
Used to be an old wives' tale that an owl inside the home meant the house was haunted...
Very territorial, so they can get pretty stressed when approached. As others have said, best to stay calm, move in slow motion, and try to gently nudge them out of a big open windows with a blanket, pillow or long broom. Wear gloves and glasses or sunglasses if poss.
Used to be an old wives' tale that an owl inside the home meant the house was haunted...
He, or she, even left a massive crap on my doormat as a memento of their visit before flying back outside.
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