tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261025.post8816431320105131455..comments2024-02-14T04:12:03.638-06:00Comments on Partial Perspective Vortex: Fooled by the OwletsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17874730776766584329noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261025.post-21172927895105179632010-05-23T11:42:10.139-05:002010-05-23T11:42:10.139-05:00Our Peregrine banders from the Field Museum have h...Our Peregrine banders from the Field Museum have had bicycle helmets CRACKED by peregrine adults POd during bandings. I doubt a dinky screech owl could do that; helmets are always a good idea.dalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261025.post-40399814319911238012010-05-21T14:25:17.458-05:002010-05-21T14:25:17.458-05:00I used my bicycle helmet last night. I wasn't ...I used my bicycle helmet last night. I wasn't attacked, so I can’t say how well it worked, but maybe having that weird looking thing on my head made the owls disinclined to attack me. On the other hand, I'v read accounts from owl researchers of dealing with screech owls that not only weren't put off by hats, but were so skilled in their attacks, that they could catch an ear with Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17874730776766584329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261025.post-90820870050944664942010-05-21T06:57:49.075-05:002010-05-21T06:57:49.075-05:00You may feel like a fool going out in your own yar...You may feel like a fool going out in your own yard with a helmet, but actually it would be exactly the opposite :-)<br />Wer Koepfchen hat, schuetzt es. [Whoever has a (good) head (i.e.brains) protects it.]Alison in Indiananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261025.post-44023094712226233922010-05-20T17:51:28.555-05:002010-05-20T17:51:28.555-05:00Wow ... it so happens that, being a cyclist, I hav...Wow ... it so happens that, being a cyclist, I have bicycle helmet that might have been very useful, but it totally failed to occur to me use it. Dang. Compartmentalized thinking – just say “no.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17874730776766584329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19261025.post-90860883812655806322010-05-20T06:52:29.529-05:002010-05-20T06:52:29.529-05:00I trust you wear a helmet when going out to fool a...I trust you wear a helmet when going out to fool around with birds of prey, like the profis at Departments of Natural Resources do around the nation.<br />Helmets are not just for bikers....Alison in Indiananoreply@blogger.com