Kookooskoos

There, looking out, I could see them perfectly, while Kookooskoos himself could hardly have seen me.

Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

Sometimes the rat turns out to be a skunk, or a weasel; sometimes your pet cat; and, once in a lifetime, it is your own fur cap, or even your head; and then you feel the weight and the edge of Kookooskoos 'claws.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

Somewhere behind us, Kookooskoos was watching from a pine tree.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

Kookooskoos, _koo-koo-skoos´_, the great horned owl.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

I thought of Kookooskoos and my own head, but said nothing.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

There was a faint rustle in the thicket as the shadow of Kookooskoos swept away to his nest.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

When I straightened up from my thicket, Kookooskoos was standing on his game, tearing off the flesh with his feet, and carrying it up to his mouth with the same movement, swallowing everything alike, as if famished.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

The sound has a muffled quality which makes it hard to locate, and it frightens every bird and small animal within hearing; for all know Kookooskoos, and how fierce he is.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

It was Kookooskoos, the great horned owl, who generally hunts only in the evening twilight, but who, with growing young ones to feed, sometimes uses the morning twilight as well.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909

But Kookooskoos, like the fox, cares little for such weapons, and in the spring, when game is scarce, swoops for and kills

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909