I've seen the "Spotted Owl Helper" and "Road Kill Helper"......I thought they were hilarious, but that was quite a few years ago.

It was not the bird's fault it got all the attention and bad feelings directed it's way. I've seen the photo of a dead owl hung to show the general disgust with the logging restrictions and I agreed with the point, but again, it doesn't take much of a man to kill an animal, much less a bird that just sits there, just to show disgust. I speak from experience, having killed many a critter growing up, some just for the Hell of it.....but then I wasn't much of a man, either.

Enuf of that....believe it or not, I returned to that area that I saw the owl today, and saw it again as it flew across the road in front of the vehicle, and then back across when my rig got closer. I can't be sure it was the same bird, but it was no more than two hundred yards from where I saw the bird in the road.

Addressing the "poison" question....yes, it is possible, I guess, as there are a few houses not far from there. I thought owls hunt living animals, however, and not carrion, but I may be mistaken.