We have huge Eukalyptus trees in our back yard and each year we have either a breeding pair of red-tailed hawks or great horned owls. This year the owls are back and every evening they are sitting in the trees having a hooty chat. I love to listen to them.
USUALLY at least one of the babies makes an early departure and we have a verbal agreement with them. We make sure to get the baby back in the tree and they leave the cats alone. So far so good.
The first year one of the young owls made it to the back door, it looked like a matress had exploded. I got to feed it raw chicken with chop sticks (we had stuck it in the cat carrier before we could take it to the raptor center). Feisty bugger - got a little too interested in me and jumped at me. (BABY with big tallons and a rather big beak) lol