Could this be the guy that has been “hunting” walkers and joggers on the West Dyke Trail this winter?
Richmond News reader Chris Lam captured this wonderful shot of a resident barred owl scoping out its next meal on the trail recently.
The News has reported a few times in the last two years how owls – thought to the barred owl – has been swooping down on people walking or running the trail, possibly mistaking them for prey.
Owl experts have told the News in the past how the owls in question are likely juveniles testing out their hunting skills while wrongly identifying people’s ponytails and toques as a potential meal.
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