This agonistic (fighting) behavior of the Small Parrot starts with a standoff. That is when the two birds face each other intently.
Next the Small Parrot puffs up its wings; this is termed posturing.
Next the Small Parrot feints forward; this is termed a bluff charge.
I note that agonistic displays (also termed threat displays) are not specific to birds. Dogs, for instance, exhibit agonistic displays towards bears and mountain lions …
I feel it likely that agonistic behaviors are instinctive rituals that prevent predator attacks without loss of life. We humans can imitate these ritual or instinctive behaviors when facing large predators. It is possible the ingrained reactions of the large predators may be to stop charging or to run away. That would give us time to make a getaway.
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Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett
This video features a long talk with some dogs, along with desultory conversations with many other wild animals in Paramount Park. The wild animals there are all proficient in English, putting me as a Human Being in a special category of ineptness at their own languages.
A few of the topics brought up by this video are paranormal battery drain; the process of Ascension for all beings on Earth (not just Humans); remote viewing by predators such as Mountain Lions; the inadvisability of bad people in the Santa Monica Mountains attempting to align with the Mountain Lions; and the ability of Native Americans to live in harmony with wild animals.
“On a Ramble: A Talk with Dogs, Towhees, Coyotes, Mountain Lions, Groundhogs, Ravens, and Nandays”
By Alice B. Clagett
Alice to Dog: Hey, Good Dog over there. What’s up?
Raven says, then Dog repeats: Nothing at all.
Alice to Dog: Nothing at all?
Dog to Alice: COVID-stricken stuff is what we’re worried about right now. COVID-striken.
Alice (repeating Dog): COVID-stricken is what we’re worried about right now. COVID-stricken.
Alice to Dog: Me too.
Dog to Alice: Hawk is attacking me.
Alice to Dog: Yeah. COVID-stricken.
Dog to Alice: I don’t know what to do.
Alice to Dog: You have to hide your eyes. If a Hawk comes around, you have to …
… lie down and hide your eyes with your paws or run under the house. Okay?
Dog to Alice: All right.
Alice to Dog: … far from the Hawk, …
… because the Hawk is biting people’s eyes right now. Do you understand? Go and hide. Don’t bark.
Go and hide if the Hawk comes around. Okay? All the Dogs in my neighborhood, they know …
… this now. Go hide if the Hawk comes around. Okay? Don’t bark.
Dog agrees emphatically.
Alice to Dog: If you can’t hide, put your …
… paws on your eyes. Okay? So it bites your paws and not your eyes.
Dog agrees emphatically.
Alice to Dog: Okay, don’t forget now. Okay.
Dog to Alice: D-mn right! Don’t let that Hawk peck MY eyes out!
Dog to Alice: D-mn right!
Alice to Dog: Right.
Dog to Alice: Ok. All right.
Alice to Dog: Well, we’re working to figure out what to …
… do about that …
Dog to Alice: Let’s work out what that Hawk is up to … what the heck that Hawk is flying …
Alice to Dog: … about that COVID-stricken thing.
It’s not me. Of course not. It’s not me.
[Alice to Readers: In this section I am videotaping the Dogs and they are saying, over and over again, “No cameras!” Near the end of this clip the Songbirds| start saying this too. So I just put the audio into this video, along with a disguised image of the Dogs … Then I thought maybe they felt so emphatically about this that they broke my camcorder, as you are about to see. That is an Ascension drawback termed paranormal battery drain, keeping in mind that Ascension is for all beings on Earth, including animals and not just Human Beings.]
Alice to Dog: No, I wouldn’t do that.
Dog to Alice: Let’s work out what that Hawk is up to.
Alice to Dog: Are you there still? I don’t see you anymore. Oh, God!
Alice to herself: Okay.
Alice to Readers: Well, what do you know? That Dog did not break my camera.
It [the camcorder] just needed another battery. It just needed a battery! Of course that’s it.
Dog to Alice: I BROKE that CAMERA! Good G-d, I BROKE that #@$% CAMERA!
Alice to Readers: Yes. I should know. I should know. The Dog would not do that. The Dog doesn’t
… like me to take pictures, but the Dog would not break the camera.
Dog to Alice: Dog WOULD break the camera!
Alice to Dog: Right. It’s a Good Dog. Smart …
… Dog. Big Dog. Big Dog now. Great Big Dog. Well, thank you very much for not breaking my camera.
Dog to Alice: That horrible Dog DID break your G-d d-mned camera!
Alice to another Dog: Your friend would break my camera?
Alice to first Dog: You would?
First Dog to Alice: Ok, I won’t.
Alice to First Dog: Please don’t break my camera! Please!
……………….. Sidebar: Thoughts on Playoffs Between Bad Men and Mountain Lions in the Santa Monica Mountains
I heard later … and this makes perfect sense to me … that some folks feel that the Mountain Lions can see through the camera or camcorder when a person taking pictures.
Mountain Lions (and likely all predators) are VERY visually gifted. This includes the gift of clairvoyance (aka clair vision, clair seeing, remote viewing, psychic sight, or mind seeing).
So it might be best not to take images of potential prey when Mountain Lions are within, say, 5 miles.
I know there is a scattering of bad human beings … human beings who are predators … in the Santa Monica Mountains who are aligning themselves with the Mountain Lions and harming or murdering good, innocent people there.
If you are one of those bad people, and if you hope to take advantage of a camera or camcorder to summon the Mountain Lions to prey upon people whom you hope will fall victim to them … and to you … then consider this:
If you summon the Mountain Lions to your potential victim by filming them, then you yourself may fall victim to the Mountain Lions.
Mountain Lions don’t make friends with humans. Here in the Santa Monica Mountains they consider Humans to be a poor but necessary dietary substitute for Deer.
You are not immune. Don’t play both ends against the middle.
Play it straight. Play it right down the middle.
If you don’t, you’ll end up as an hors d’oeuvre or as dessert for a hungry horde of Mountain Lions.
What a boring playoff would THAT be?!
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Alice to First Dog: Thank you. Thank you very much.
First Dog to Alice: Welcome!
Alice to First Dog: I guess you heard about the Hawk, right? Okay. So, …
… you know all about the Hawk, right? And the Hawk in my neighborhood. Okay. I heard that paws don’t …
[Just above, Dog said to Alice: I’ve broken your camera six times. I don’t want you to take any more photos! I HATE cameras!]
… work so well. You need to get under something solid so that it can’t dive onto it.
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[TURN YOUR AUDIO UP TO ITS HIGHEST VOLUME SO YOU CAN HEAR THE CALIFORNIA TOWHEE.]
They can walk right up though, on the ground, and get to a Dog[house] … Maybe deep under a house [would be better?].
California Towhee [quiet, squeaky, emphatic voice] is begging me, over and over again, not to talk about anything like that.
Then Raven says to Alice: Stop! Stop! Stop!
Alice to Readers: Yeah, that’s what happened with the Mother Raven. The Hawk dived and then landed and …
… then grabbed the Mother Raven. That was two years ago. Hawk was angry about something.
California Towhee: Please don’t TALK about it! Please STOP TALKING about it! Please STOP TALKING about it! STOP it!
Lady Coyote [dolorously]: Dharm Dee, You don’t know what you’re DOING!
Alice to Readers: She didn’t have enough food for her babies.
California Towhee 1 [loudly]: THANK YOU!
California Towhee 2 [softly]: Thank you very much! Thank you very much!
Alice to California Towhee: California Towhee?
Coyote: Coyotes say, Don’t have any relationship with the Mountain Lions.
Coyote to Alice: Dharm Dee, Don’t be talking to the Mountain Lions at all. Listen to my Beautiful Wife.
Alice: Well, uh …
Beautiful Coyote Wife to Alice: Ok, ok, Don’t talk to that Mountain Lion at all.
Alice to Readers: … I think that Mountain Lion’s coming
down this way over the edge of the hills over there?
Alice to Readers: Usually I don’t go back right away, but I thought I [had] better go back right soon.
Coyotes and Bobcats: Oh, no! He is HERE right NOW! He is HERE right NOW!
Alice to Wild Animals: Who is that talking there? You know? …
Mountain Lion [very low, jocular voice – very hard to hear]: I am not going to eat you right now.
Alice to Wild Animals: Whose is that woman’s voice?
Female Mountain Lion [melodious voice] to Alice: That’s the Female Mountain Lion.
Female Mountain Lion to Male Mountain Lion: Will you back it up?
Male Mountain Lion [gruff, deep voice] to Female Mountain Lion: No, I WILL NOT! SPEAK for yourself!
Songbird: Hear, hear!
Another Songbird: Hear, hear!
Alice to Readers: Oh, that’s a Female Mountain Lion.
So, What happened was this …
I said, “Um, I think the Mountain Lion’s coming over this way.” And then the Male …
… Mountain Lion over there, it said, “Yes, it is.” And then I heard a female voice, …
… a mammalian female voice. It said, “Yes, it is. Yes, I think that’s what is …
… happening.” And so I asked who that was, and she said, “That’s the Female Mountain Lion.”
I just [have] to go quickly back now. It’s been an eventful day, …
… hasn’t it?
First Dog to Alice: Yes.
Alice to First Dog: Who’s that?
First Dog: Bad Dog!
Alice to First Dog: Hi. Hi. Hi, Dog. Dog. Dog. Hi, Dog.
Hi, Dog!
Alice to Readers: Not a very talkative Dog.
First Dog to Alice: Nope!
Alice to First Dog: Yes, it is? No!
First Dog to Alice: No, it isn’t! Nope!
Alice to First Dog: I won’t take a picture of the Dog. I said I wouldn’t. Would I do that? Ah, Would I do that?
First Dog to Alice: Ok!
Alice to First Dog: Never!
Alice to Readers: Now I’m going to be very quiet and I’ll see what the animals have to say … Bye!
California Towhee to Alice: THANK you!
Dog to Alice: THANK you very much! … Ok, then.
Raven to First Dog: COVID-stricken said goodbye!
First Dog to Raven: I am not that way! [or else (sarcastically), “Thank you very much.”]
Alice to Readers: I … Well who was that? Raven said, “COVID-stricken said goodbye,” and Dog said, “I am not COVID-stricken.”
Alice to First Dog: That’s true. You’re not. You’re a Good Dog … Strong Dog with a deep voice. Right?
Alice to Raven: I heard that!
Raven (faint and far away) to Alice: Ok, so you heard that!
California Towhee exclaims in surprise.
Alice to Raven: Won’t you try to help that Dog be courageous. He has to fight the Hawk, you know …
… like you, right?
Raven to Alice: I don’t care about that Dog!
Alice to California Towhee: Hey, California Towhee! I’m thinking about you.
Alice to Readers: I’m being quiet here. I’m listening.
Raven to Alice: NOT THAT QUIET, ALICE CLAGETT!
[Alice chuckles.]
Alice to Readers: Raven just said, “Not that quiet, Alice Clagett.”
[Alice chuckles.]
Did you hear that? Raven says my name. I don’t know why.
Alice to Readers: Ahah! Raven says first person to talk to us was Alice Clagett. That’s not entirely so, …
… but right out here it might be true.
Raven to Alice: That is NOT NOT NOT RIGHT!
Story About Native Americans
Alice to Wild Animals: On the Native American reservations where the First Peoples dwell …
… The First Peoples who lived here dwell there … They know how to speak with the animals.
Raven to Alice: I want Dharm Dar to stop talking right now, right now, right now!
Mountain Lion to California Towhee: This is the Mountain Lion, and I say this horrible woman
should not talk to those people in the mountains at all.
California Towhee to Raven: Would you PLEASE let her speak?
Raven to Alice: Dharm Dar Not Talk!
Alice to Wild Animals: This big mountain range right here, it goes to a place … it goes to a …
… place where some Native Americans are, and they can talk to you.
California Towhee to Alice: What will they be saying to me?
Alice to California Towhee: And there’s another place. Where is that? In Malibu Creek State Park over there. No, in …
… Gillette Ranch, sometimes the Native American people, …
… go over there to talk to the people, too. But there’s a lot of people there, …
… Human Being people … so you might not get a chance to talk before or after.
Male Mountain Lion to Alice: Are there Mountain Lions there? … No?! … Then I will go over there and make myself at home with the Native People.
[Alice to Readers: Things are getting wildly off track here. I meant California Towhee, not Mountain Lion.
Today’s seminal discovery: I gather Mountain Lions are good at remote voice projection as well as clairaudience and remote viewing (also known as clairvoyance).]
Alice to California Towhee: Did you hear that? They’re very quiet people.
Alice [listening]: That was a Native American person.
California Towhee to Mountain Lion: She says, Don’t do that! She says, Will you please not do that!
Alice to California Towhee: He says before or after the people are there, he can talk to them. Yes!
He’s a good person. He won’t hurt you, I don’t think.
California Towhee to Mountain Lion: She says, Will you please stay HERE?!
Duck to California Towhee: Got that!
Alice to California Towhee: Did you hear that? He said he absolutely will not hurt them. Over at King Gillette Ranch …
Groundhog to California Towhee: Where is it?
California Towhee to Groundhog: It’s right over there!
Groundhogs: It is right over there!
California Towhee to Groundhogs: You can go there!
Alice to Wild Animals … sometimes … You can ask when it is …
Ask the Nandays. They know everything. First Peoples!
California Towhee to Alice: I’ll admit they DO know everything!
Alice to Wild Animals: Native Americans exhibits!
California Towhee: Right over there!
Alice to Wild Animals: And there are Native Americans there that can talk to you.
California Towhee: They’re right over there!
Female Mountain Lion Cub: Beyond the mountains over there.
California Towhee: That is right; you can FLY!
Male Mountain Lion to himself: Native Americans! Those Native American people don’t want me around their property at ALL!
California Towhee: That is the way that they feel!
Nanday: Ex-ACT-ly!
Alice to Nandays: That’s right. The first Native American people!
Alice to Readers: That’s the Nandays. They got it!
Nanday to Alice: Yeah! WE got it! We GOT that!
Alice to Nandays: Yes, That’s right. They …
Nanday to Alice: Yep!
Alice to Nanday:Yes, that’s right. And far, far away,
in the same mountains, …
… there’s another group that can talk to you. Other places too.
Nanday to Alice: We GOT it!
Nandays to Alice: We GOT it! [spoken over and over again, with an expletive or two thrown in]
Alice to Nandays: That’s right. Native Americans.
Nanday to Alice: That’s IT!
Alice to Nandays:That’s it. Native Americans.
Nanday: Native American! THAT’S IT!
Alice to Readers: The Nandays just said that.
Alice to herself: Oh, my my!
Attempting the Wrap
Alice to Readers: God bless you all, and keep you safe, and be with you through all your days. In love, …
Mountain Lion (with a light and lively sense of humor): I AM getting CLOSER!
Alice to Readers … Light and joy, …
California Towhee to Mountain Lion: Let Alice speak!
Nanday to California Towhee: Not THAT Woman!
Alice to Readers: … this is Alice B. Clagett.
California Towhee to Nanday: Why not let her?
Alice to Readers: I Am of the Stars.
Raven to California Towhee: She’s not that good!
California Towhee: Yes, She is that good!
Alice to Readers: And so are you!
Nanday (dissing): An a-MAZ-ing thing!
Another Nanday: Yep, yep!
Blue Avian Star Species Fizzle
Alice to Nandays: They say the Blue Avian Star Species are overlighting you.
Nanday to Alice: DID NOT!
Alice to Nandays and to California Towhee: They look like the color of the sky at night.
California Towhee to Nanday: She says they did.
Nanday to California Towhee: DID NOT!
Alice to Nandays and to California Towhee: I like them too. They’re so sweet! Yeah they are! They’re so sweet!
California Towhee to Nanday: She loves them too!
Nanday 1 to California Towhee: They don’t have any WINGS!
Nanday 2 to Nanday 1: Yes, They HAVE them.
Nanday 1 to Alice: They’re not SWEET!
Nanday 2 to Nanday 1: They ARE that way!
Nanday 1 to Nanday 2: No they’re NOT!
Nanday 2 to Nanday 1: Yes, They ARE!
Nanday 1 to Alice: They are not that SWEET! They just LOOK sweet!
Alice to Nandays and to California Towhee: They just help. That’s all. They’re not you.
Nanday 1: They don’t HELP us!
Nanday 2: Why not?
Nanday 1: They don’t mind them EATING us! [It looks to me like the Nandays have gotten the Blue Avian Star Beings mixed up with Human Beings?]
Alice to Nandays and to California Towhee: They just help us. Why do they help us?
Alice to Nandays and to California Towhee: Because of the Hawks and the Mountain Lions and all the bad things. You know?
Nanday 1: Really bad people! They’re bad people, Dharm Dee! [I think Nanday 1 is referring to skirmishes over rights to human food crops. I will admit this is n issue that needs to be resolved.]
Alice to Nandays and to California Towhee: We need help. I need help. You guys are strong. You don’t need help.
Nanday 2: Bad, bad people!
Nanday 1: Right! Bad, bad people!
Second Wrap Up Parlay
Alice to Readers: My website is …
California Towhee: You see, That’s it!
Nanday 1: Bad people!
Nanday 2: Bad, bad people!
Nanday 1: Bad, bad people! Bad, bad people! [Nanday Lobbyists! I can imagine what they might accomplish if paid by special interest groups!]
Alice to Readers: … “Awakening with Planet Earth.”
California Towhee: You see, That’s it!
Nanday 1: Bad people!
Alice to Readers: … https:// …
Nanday 1: Got that!
Alice to Readers: … awakeningwithplanetearth …
Nanday 1: Got that message!
Alice to Readers: dot com ..
Alice to Readers: That’s it.
California Towhee: That is IT!
Nanday 1: Yep. That is it!
California Towhee to Nanday 1: Very good.
Nanday 1 to California Towhee: Yep!
VIDEO CREDITS
“On a Ramble: A Talk with Dogs, Towhees, Coyotes, Mountain Lions, Groundhogs, Ravens, and Nandays”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 11 February 2026, produced on 20 July 2026, and revised on 21 July 2026
Location: Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
Image: “Crocodiloid,” adapted from Image by James de Castro James from Pixabay … Pixabay License … COMMENTS: Technically, could be this is a Gator Guy and not a Crocodiloid. Don’t you feel it to be so? –Alice B. Clagett
Image: “Crocodiloid,” adapted from Image by James de Castro James from Pixabay … Pixabay License …
COMMENTS: Technically, could be this is a Gator Guy and not a Crocodiloid. Don’t you feel it to be so? –Alice B. Clagett
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Dear Ones,
Check out this video. I see it says some audio tracks were ‘auto-dubbed’. Which animal voices are true? …
DOGS AND TWO LIONS: At 0:21 and following it seems like the Dog is saying to the Lions: You will walk away! You will walk away! Walk away right now! Don’t bother the homeowner. You will walk away! Oh, God! He’s going to hurt me! Oh, no! He won’t go away! Please don’t bother the homeowner! Then at 0:47 the homeowner comes out into the yard and the dog says: THANK you! …
If you listen to 0:21 to 0:47 at very slow speed 0.25, then you can hear what the larger Male Lion is saying: I am a Roving Lion. I am a Roving Lion. I am a REALLY BAD Roving Lion. [To Dog:] I naturally want to eat you. Why are you barking at me? [To the younger Male Lion, at 0:29 and following:] I’m going round to the back and you stay here till I come for you. I will try to enter from the back. At 0:36: I couldn’t get in so I am going away …
BLONDE LION: Then at 3:20 and following … surely this is AI? … the blonde Lion seems to be saying: Let me in right now would you please … Let me in right now. Please let me in. Then at 3:46: Mean guy won’t let me in …
PIGS: At 7:02 and following the Pigs seem to be contentedly chanting together, over and over again: We are the Pigs, yeah, we are the Pigs. Then the unexpected happened, and all the Pigs ran around. Then one Pig said in a high-pitched squealing voice: Dear, dear God! What is happening? Then at 7:25 a Male Pig with a lower, easygoing voice said: Everybody calm down. Can you hear it? …
LION ENTERS STORE: At 8:12 where Lion enters store, receptionist’s reaction is quite quite good, is it not?
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Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett
I think the frightened dog is saying: “I’m SCARED that you will HURT her” (likely speaking of a woman nearby).
The dog may be right. Despite their innocuous public image, owls are fearsome predators of the night. For instance, the Great Horned Owl of the Santa Monica Mountains in California is considered an Apex Predator of the sky.
Which do you feel is what the Chihuahua said?
Here is the first translation of what the Chihuahua said: “I’m SCARED that you will HURT her”
Here is an alternate translation: “Owl! Owl, please don’t hurt me!”
Caveat:Since the author is AI Sensei, maybe this is just an AI skit?
WHY ARE OWLS APEX PREDATORS?
Here is what Google AI has to say about that …
“Owls are considered apex predators in the Santa Monica Mountains primarily because they occupy the top of the nocturnal food chain, with virtually no natural predators that hunt them as adults in this region. While mountain lions and coyotes dominate the “day shift” or dusk, owls—specifically the Great Horned Owl—rule the night with specialized biological advantages that make them nearly untouchable.
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Key Reasons for Their Apex Status
Lack of Natural Predators: As adults, large owls like the
have no consistent natural enemies in the Santa Monica Mountains. They are even known to prey on other smaller owl species and raptors, further cementing their position at the top.
Specialized Hunting Arsenal:
Silent Flight: Fringed feathers break up air turbulence, allowing them to ambush prey without being heard.
have a grip strength of roughly 500 psi, enough to crush the bones of their prey instantly.
Advanced Sensory Perception: Their eyes are designed for extreme low-light conditions, and asymmetrical ear openings allow them to triangulate the exact location of prey in total darkness.
Diverse and Flexible Diet: They are “generalist” predators, meaning they can eat almost anything that moves. In the Santa Monica Mountains, their diet ranges from small rodents like mice and gophers to larger animals like skunks, rabbits, and even other birds.
Ecosystem Regulators: By controlling rodent populations (a single Barn Owl can eat over 3,000 rodents a year), they shape the entire local environment, influencing everything from plant survival to the behavior of other small animals.” –Google AI
WHY ARE OWLS THE ENEMIES OF HAWKS AND RAVENS?
I asked Google AI: Do owls in the Santa Monica Mountains target baby hawks and baby ravens while hunting for food at night?
Google AI said: “Yes, owls—particularly Great Horned Owls in the Santa Monica Mountains—are known to target baby hawks, baby ravens, and other raptor nestlings at night. Because owls are specialized nocturnal hunters, they prey on vulnerable nestlings and roosting young, which is why diurnal birds like ravens and hawks aggressively mob owls during the day.
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Key Details on Owl Predation:
Targeting Nestlings: Owls, notably the Great Horned Owl, frequently hunt other raptors’ nestlings, including Red-tailed Hawks, Osprey, and raven chicks.
Nighttime Vulnerability: Ravens and crows mob owls during the day to prevent them from returning at night when the owls have a distinct advantage.
Local Impact: In California, this intense rivalry means owls will kill and consume unattended raven chicks, often leading to fierce, day-long battles.
Specialized Hunting: According to the NPS Santa Monica Mountains, raptors in the area are meat-eaters, and larger owls often prey on smaller birds and raptors.
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Owls in the region, such as those discussed on Facebook’s High Desert Wildlife, will target ravens, a behavior that causes them to be mobbed by crows and ravens during the day to protect their young.”
DO OWLS ATTACK DOGS?
Yes! Especially chihuahuas and other very small dogs. Read on …
“While owl attacks on dogs are rare, they do occur, particularly involving small breeds. Owls are opportunistic apex predators and may mistake a small dog for natural prey like a rabbit or large rodent.
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Risk Factors for Dogs
Dog Size: Dogs weighing under 10 pounds (e.g., Chihuahuas, Yorkies, Toy Poodles) are at the highest risk. While an owl weighing roughly 3 pounds can rarely fly away with more than 5–9 pounds, they can still seriously injure or kill dogs weighing up to 20 pounds.
Nocturnal Activity: Most attacks happen between dusk and dawn when owls are most active.
Nesting Season: From March to May, owls are more territorial and aggressive while protecting their young.
Primary Culprit: In the Santa Monica Mountains and across North America, the Great Horned Owl is the only species considered a significant threat to small pets due to its size and power.” –Google AI
DO OWLS ATTACK PEOPLE?
The answer is ‘Yes’! To find out what to do if attacked, read on …
“Owls generally avoid humans because we are much larger and stronger than them. However, owls do occasionally attack people, primarily due to territorial defense or mistaken identity. While these incidents are rare, they can cause serious lacerations with their sharp talons.
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Why Owls Attack Humans
Territorial Defense: This is the most common reason, especially during nesting season (March to May). Owls like the Great Horned and Barred Owl are fiercely protective and may dive-bomb anyone perceived as a threat to their young.
Mistaken Identity: Young or inexperienced owls may mistake human features for prey. A common example is a bobbing ponytail on a jogger, which an owl might confuse for a squirrel or rabbit.
Starvation: Juvenile owls that have recently left the nest (August to September) are often poor hunters and may strike at anything that moves out of desperation.
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Common Attack Patterns
Silent Strikes: Because of their specialized feathers, owls fly silently. Most victims report feeling a sudden “thud” or “blow” to the back of the head without any warning.
Dive-Bombing: Owls often swoop down repeatedly to drive a person out of their territory.
Targeting the Head: Most attacks are directed at the head, neck, or shoulders.
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How to Stay Safe
Wear a Hat: If you are in an area with known owl activity, a broad-brimmed hat or a helmet can protect your head from talons.
Tuck Your Hair: If you have a ponytail, tuck it under a hat or headband so it doesn’t resemble prey.
Use an Umbrella: Carrying an open umbrella above your head provides a physical barrier and a confusing target for an owl.
Face the Owl: If you spot an owl acting aggressively, keep your eyes on it and back away slowly. They are less likely to strike if they know they’ve been spotted.
Avoid Known Nesting Sites: If local trail signs or apps like Nextdoor report an aggressive owl, avoid that specific trail until the nesting season ends.
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While injuries like deep scratches are possible, there are virtually no recorded modern fatalities caused directly by an owl attack on a human.” –Google AI
HOW LONG ARE THE CLAWS OF OWLS IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS?
Claws are 1.5 inches long. When owls catch prey, their claws rotate to two forward and two back for a crushing 8-inch-long grip. This vise-like grip is 3 times stronger than a strong, firm human handshake.
“In the Santa Monica Mountains, the length of an owl’s claws (talons) depends entirely on the species. The Great Horned Owl, the region’s largest owl, possesses the most formidable talons, which are often compared to those of a Golden Eagle in terms of relative size and power.
: These “apex hunters” have talons that typically measure about 1.5 inches long. While some anecdotal reports suggest they can grow up to 3 inches in very large individuals, the standard length for a mature adult is closer to 1.5 inches. Their total foot span when fully spread is roughly 8 inches across.
Barn Owl: A medium-sized species with a foot span of about 5 to 6 inches. Their talons are smaller and more slender than the Great Horned Owl’s, specialized for gripping agile rodents like voles and mice. They also have a unique serrated “comb” on their middle talon used for grooming.
Western Screech Owl: As the smallest common owl in the mountains, its talons are significantly smaller, roughly the size of a small songbird’s claws but much sharper and stronger for capturing large insects and small mammals.
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Power and Grip
It isn’t just the length that makes these claws dangerous, but the pressure behind them:
Crushing Force: A Great Horned Owlcan exert between300 and 500 psi of pressure. For comparison, a strong human handshake is about 80–150 psi.
Locking Mechanism: Owls have a “ratchet-like” mechanism in their feet that allows them to maintain a vice-like grip on prey without needing to constantly contract their muscles.
Zygodactyl Toes: They can rotate one toe backward, creating a 2-forward, 2-backward alignment that provides a more secure, circular grip for carrying heavy prey.
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HOW LONG ARE MOUNTAIN LION CLAWS?
On the telepathic plane I heard yesterday while I was at Sage Ranch in the Simi Hills that Mountain Lion claws are 5 inches long. Google AI feels this is an exaggeration! For the straight skinny on these curved Mountain Lion claws, read on …
“The claws of a mountain lion in the Santa Monica Mountains typically reach between 1.5 and 2 inches in length. Like most cats, these claws are fully retractable, which keeps them razor-sharp for hunting and climbing.
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Key Claw Specifications
Average Length: Most adult mountain lion claws measure around 1.5 to 2 inches.
Maximum Length: Exceptionally large individuals can have claws reaching up to 3 inches.
The “Dew Claw”: The largest claw is the dew claw, located on the inside of the front legs. It is used as a primary “hook” to snag and hold onto prey during an attack.
Measurement: Scientists and collectors typically measure claw length along the outside curve from the base to the tip.
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Comparison to Local Owls
While mountain lion claws are physically longer and thicker than owl talons, they serve different primary functions.
Feature
Mountain Lion Claws
Great Horned Owl Talons
Typical Length
1.5 – 2 inches
~1.5 inches
Visibility
Retracted (hidden while walking)
Always visible
Primary Use
Climbing and gripping large prey
Piercing and crushing small prey
Grip Force
Powerful pulling/swiping force
~500 psi crushing pressure
Tracking Tip
When hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains, you will rarely see claw marks in a mountain lion’s footprint because they keep them retracted to stay quiet and sharp. If you see clear claw tips in a large paw print, it is much more likely to be from a coyote or a large dog.
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CONCLUSION
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Through all your days.
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This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you.
Written and published on 3 April 2026; revised on 8 May 2026
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