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Wander through my front door and glance upwards and you’ll find at least two watching you, a Tawny Owl and a Barn Owl , both sadly gathered as roadkills. Above our fireplace is a large painting of a Barn Owl. The numbers we have wintering in Britain are certainly bearing that out.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures.

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Think Outside Of The Nest Box

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It seems an easy thing to do, you buy or make a wooden box and put a hole in it and viola–BIRDS! And though bird houses are a great addition to a yard to provide nesting habitat, we don’t always have to go the traditional route. I saw this at Bear River Migratory Refuge in Utah. But it’s not always that simple.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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14 countries were birded this month by 13 beats; a record participative effort! Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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If I know the readership at 10,000 Birds, they are already way ahead on this one, but please remember to give the migrants a little space. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground).

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Despite looking way older than his years, we cannot attribute Regannet’s haggard appearance to hard birding, scoring only 19 during eBird’s Big Day was not the greatest effort expended on May 4th. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Flammulated Owl – Psiloscops flammeolus. So that was May.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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We can use the figures above to compare the birds that cross between the hemispheres. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Mountain Scops-Owl – Otus spilocephalus. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). 08 Jan 2019.

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