Owl News Articles Index - Page 1
New hope for city's burrowing owls
By Daniel DeBolt, 2012-04-06
Mountain View, California, U.S.A. - Burrowing owls being driven close to extinction by development pressures may have a chance of survival under a new plan that aims to preserve 300 acres of owl habitat inside Mountain View's Shoreline Park.
In a study session last week, five city council members expressed support for the plan, whi... |
Pennsylvania Game Commission Confirms Barn Owl in Washington County
2011-11-17
Bolivar, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. - Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists have confirmed the presence of a barn owl on a farm near Washington, Washington County, for the first time in nearly a decade.
Once a common bird on Pennsylvania farms, barn owls have been declining in
Pennsylvania and across the United States. While sev... |
Spotted Owl In Bend Dies, Leaving A Large Family Behind
By Amelia Templeton, 2011-11-07
Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. - The Bend High Desert Museum announced that its spotted owl, Polka, died of old age. He spent the last years of his long life roosting high in an old growth snag made of concrete, behind a thick wall of bullet proof glass. And unlike most spotted owls in captivity, he fathered many offspring.
Polk... |
Spot bellied owls rescued from poachers, tantrics
2011-06-14
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - People's ignorance and superstition is decimating the population of two
species of owls. Spot bellied owls and barn owls are being caught by poachers as
they are in great demand for pooja and black magic rituals. Several of these
birds have been rescued from captivity in the city and in Maredu... |
New chicks are a boost to barn owl numbers
2011-06-11
Lincolnshire, England, U.K. - The owl population along three Lincolnshire rivers has been given a boost, with resident birds hearing the pitter-patter of tiny talon-toed feet.
Staff from the Environment Agency joined forces with the Wildlife Conservation
Partnership last week to carry out checks of 50 owl boxes on the South... |
Likely hybrid of forest and spotted owlets found
By Neha Madaan, 2011-05-19
Pune, Maharashtra, India - A possible hybrid of critically endangered forest owlet 'Athene blewitti' and spotted owlet 'Athene brama' has been discovered in the Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), said a recently published research paper. Since the forest owlet is listed under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, the ... |
Palm oil planters get wise with bird of prey pest control
By Michael Taylor, 2011-04-20
Jakarta, Indonesia - The palm oil industry has gone bird crazy by drafting owls to combat the
menace of rodent pests, hoping in the process to burnish its green credentials
and save money.
Leading Southeast Asian producers of the vegetable oil have tried different pest
control schemes over the years, from snake... |
Owlets rescued by sheriff's deputy
By Jesse B. Gill, 2011-04-05
Mentone, California, U.S.A. - Seven baby owls are back with their mother after a San Bernardino
County sheriff's deputy, during a routine traffic stop on Monday, found them in
a bucket.
The deputy pulled over a driver at 11:39 a.m. on Chrysolite Avenue, east of San
Bernardino Avenue, in Mentone. The deputy found the you... |
Farmers use owls to kill gophers
By Steve Adler, 2011-03-10
Sloughhouse, California, U.S.A. - Mark Browning of the Pittsburgh Zoo is doing barn owl research in a 100-acre
chardonnay vineyard near Sloughhouse. Vino Farms viticulturalist Chris Storm,
right, said the field being studied has had problems with gophers. While most
people are fast asleep in their beds, barn owls take to the a... |
Owls change colour as climate warms
By Emma Brennand, 2011-02-22
Helsinki, Finland - Tawny owls turn brown to survive in warmer climates, according to scientists
in Finland.
Feather colour is hereditary, with grey plumage dominant over brown. But the
study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found that the number of
brown owls was increasing.
As winters beco... |
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