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...angry golden eagle named Sergeant, an albino cardinal, a mourning dove, two red-winged blackbirds and a raucous blue jay with a broken wing. Menaboni makes pets of many birds; ducklings have swum in his bathtub, bobwhites have made themselves at home in his living room and a screech owl has perched on his easel...
...since the days of The Owl has such terror stalked the Yard. That was in the fall of 1948, when local inhabitants were foiled by the A.S.P.C.A. in an attempt to shoot the predator. There have been no reports of such a movement in the present crisis, but armed violence is feared if the raids continue...
...midnight, the hunters had bagged two house cats, one hoot owl, a large bullfrog and a parked 1949 Buick sedan (someone saw the tail lights through the brush, thought they were a fox's eyes), but nary a fox. Said a hunter sadly: "Hound-dog men will really have the laugh tomorrow." Lindsey was undaunted. It just showed that the rabies had cut the fox population to nothing. "They've extincted themselves," said...
...days later in the Philippine Senate, owl-eyed, anti-Quirinist Pablo Angeles David rose to report a new campaign of terror in Pampanga province. The perpetrators, David charged, were not Hukbalahaps, but government constabulary troops out for revenge for the assassination of one of their commanders. On Good Friday, David told the Senate, constabulary troops and civilian guards raided his home town of Bacolor, massacred some 100 men, women & children and burned 130 houses...
...Duck Hawk on Mem Hall, a falcon (female) and a tercelet (male). They spend a good deal of time around Jefferson as well as pigeons, a fact which should weigh in their favor. Incidentally, there was a Duck Hawk around during the entire time of the Great Owl Episode last year...