In the beginning we were not even aware of the dietary habits of the horned owl, so after giving it some thought we decided to try setting traps using white mice, but the owls would not take the bait.
最初，我們不知蘭嶼角鴞吃些什麼，就參考其它角鴞的情形，以白老鼠為餌來設置陷阱；但它們卻過門不入。