Very aggressive flock of owls

[Traceee]

Are there any owl experts here as we have a problem which has been happening over the last two weeks. My daughter came running screaming into our bedroom saying that she heard a loud noise and seen a face at the window which was strange as she's on the third floor but my husband went to check it out anyway but found nothing. This happened every night so I spent the night there and at around 3am I heard several loud thuds and called my husband who opened the curtain just in time to see an owl flying at full speed into the window and slamming into it before flying away and then another different coloured owl would do the same, my husband counted 12 different owls doing this and this has been happening consistently at 3am every morning, we've tried candles, leaving the light on, a horror mask on the windowsill and my husband even bought a large stuffed hawk from the taxidermists but they still attack the window, they all seem to be living in the large tree that's alongside our house if that's any relevance?
Does anyone know why owls do this? Are they in heat, angry for some reason? Are we in any danger if they decide to attack us if we come home late one day?

[rowanwitch]

The springwatch tv crew arrived to film the owls only to find they were not owls at all but the 11th squadron flying guinea pigs practicing suicide missions
This caused a major problem as Nato wanted them kept secret

[DTCwordfan]

yes

an HSE assessment

Immigration Dept perhaps

Excise and Customs as to the white powder found on the window.

[pusskin]

Tracie wasnt abusive Was she? maybe I've missed something.
I was looking forward to more chuckles from that post.
never mind, all good things come to an end lol

[mccfluff]

i suspect traceeeeeee was an old banned user :-)

[grasscarp]

Traceee might have got away with the story but rather over egged the pudding.

[sunny-dave]

Reminds me of the old Ace song " 'ow Long has this been going on ? "
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGHiGLqhFfY

[rowanwitch]

wasn't one of a choice of puddings was it?

[grasscarp]

mccfluff I thought it was the same person who came on Answerbank with a story about the day he saw an owl through the window of the secure unit where he was about to commit suicide and now had turned life around, won the lottery and wanted to donate a million pounds to an owl sanctuary.

[rowanwitch]

oooh forgot that one...something about owls and nutters better be careful Redman loves the bl***y things

[DTCwordfan]

true grasscarp, tracee was winging it

[sunny-dave]

There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
He sat on a rail
And imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl.

Edward Lear

[Kiki-frog]

I know he's supposed to have invented them, but Lear was crap at limericks.

[grasscarp]

There was a young girl saw an owl
but she built the yarn up with a trowel
Till the owls mutiplied
made us laugh till we cried
But the ed pulled the plug saying fowl

[rowanwitch]

A man looked in a tree at an owl
Said you're a very strange fowl
You flit through the night
With a strange silent flight
unless you are the shorteared type then you fly over fields at day time

So as you can see from above
A limerick composed with love
Only works really well
if no one can tell
the scientific detail is correct at the time of writing

[redman41]

I like Owls ! :-))

[rowanwitch]

but not imaginary ones....

[seadogg]

The owls of derision are flying tonight
So close all the windows to curtail their flight
For nothing on earth is more sticky and white
Than a dollop of freshly dropped tawny owl ?hite.

[dickythecook]

I thought Edward Lear was the founder of Nonsense Rhymes. Could be wrong tho'

[seadogg]

Thought it was in keeping with the question Dicky lol.

[wildwood]

There once was a woman called traceee,
who's memory was a bit hazy.
She thought an owl hit her glass,
and fell on the grass.
But she was just a little bit crazy!