10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Kudos to this awesome group, which has changed minds, laws, and continues to raise awareness of an environmental disaster which too many people don’t even realize has been taking place. Birds Conservation Barn Owl hawk raptors rat poison rats reckitt benckiser' Scroll to the bottom for a list of products you can boycott.

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 243

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Many rehabbers raise several crows together and release them on site. The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them. Evidently, it was not easy to get the card back. “I I think she was aiming to buy herself some jewelry ,” said Erin.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Barn Owls Oklahoma 235

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

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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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 262

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

How it raised its chicks? Research done on (live) Barn Owls provided proof that the hearing of juveniles is not mature until they are about four months of age, so under no circumstances do I release ones any younger. Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song? Or how gracefully it flew? Where and how it gathered food?

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

The majority of our owls in North America also nest in cavities and I want to wrap this up with a few of my favorites, starting with the Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ). Like many raptors, the female Barn Owl begins incubating when the first egg is laid resulting in an asynchronous hatch.

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North America America Barn Owls Falcons 216

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

I’ve never been on an “owl prowl” before, and was thrilled that the one we joined turned up the promised quarry, and then some. Great Horned Owl babies peering out from their nest! Barn Owl babies peering out from their box! A Burrowing Owl peering at us from beside his burrow, and then making a hasty escape!

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Nevada Birds Barn Owls Cows 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

.” Writing about owls means writing about roughly 250 species (I counted 245 on the 2022 Clements spreadsheet, but I might have missed a few, and we all know that each classification system is different). They roost and hunt, at night (mostly) when we can’t see them. This is a great summer read.

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