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Injured owl rescued by ODOT crew By Dave Larsen, 2010-03-05 
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. - An injured Great Horned Owl is on the road to recovery with help from an Ohio Department of Transportation highway crew. The crew discovered the owl Feb. 23 while patching potholes on I-70 west near Englewood. The owl was sitting at the edge of the pavement between mile marker 28 and 27, said...
Water well battle a burden for burrowing owls By Melissa St. Aude, 2010-03-05, 1 comment
Hidden Valley, Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S.A. - Efforts to bring running water to about 200 houses in the Valle Escondido Domestic Water District means three pairs of burrowing owls will need to find new homes. Wild at Heart, a Cave Creek-based conservation organization, plans to trap the birds and relocate them and their burrows to anot...
Owls make home in handmade nest boxes By Kandace McCoy, 2010-03-04 
Mt. Vernon, Illinois, U.S.A. - They're a creature of the night, rarely seen in daylight, and their call may make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. But if you build a nest box for one in the right habitat, it may take you up on the offer. It is the screech owl, and one Jefferson County resident decided to build...
Rain puts damper on Cape Coral burrowing owl benefit By Brian Liberatore, 2010-02-27 
Cape Coral, Florida, U.S.A. - Cape Coral's 1,100 burrowing owl couples are surviving because of a local nonprofit. But that group took a hit Saturday when cold rain pelted their main fundraiser. ''If it weren't for citizens organizations out there, the birds would be gone,'' said Cindy Bear with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Program preserves misplaced owl chicks, eliminates pesky gophers By Gerald Carroll, 2010-02-27 
Burrel, California, U.S.A. - Owls are beneficial birds to be cherished - not scary creatures to be feared. For the last 10 years, barn owl babies have been rescued from certain death after falling from their nests, raised to adulthood and released to the wild all around the Central Valley - including the Fresno County vill...
Second rare owl turns up on Island By Joanne Hatherly, 2010-02-27, 1 comment
Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada - A wild-animal rehabilitation centre is host to an unusual guest - a western screech owl. The owl, designated as an at-risk species, is the second to show up on Vancouver Island recently. Last Saturday, a Metchosin resident brought a tiny adult female owl to the SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitat...
Biscayne Park residents build owl houses to bring birds back By Pamela Duque, 2010-02-21 
Biscayne Park, Florida, U.S.A. - When the sun goes down, little creatures silently fly over Biscayne Park, looking for their next prey. That prey is usually a mouse, a squirrel or maybe a lizard. But residents such as Lynn Fischer, who has lived in the village for nearly 30 years, see the predators less and less. ''Ther...
Students making Prince Edward Island homes for rare owls 2010-02-19 
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada - Some Holland College students are working to make Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) a more comfortable home for the boreal owl. The owl ranges in the middle latitudes all around the northern hemisphere, but is rare on P.E.I. ''We might get one every other year. There could be as many as dozen over...
Bird fest talks burrowing owls By David Steffen, 2010-02-12 
Imperial Valley, California, U.S.A. - Since the Imperial Valley is home to about 70 percent of California's burrowing owl population, it was one of the stars at the Salton Sea International Bird Festival on Thursday. The burrowing owl, as its name suggests, lives in burrows it digs in the ground. Marie Barrett, of Barrett's Biolo...
Pet owl faces eviction or worse after mating calls complaints 2010-01-29, 1 comment
Hedge End, Hampshire, England, U.K. - A pet tawny owl faces being put down after neighbours complained about his loud mating calls, the characteristic ''twit-twoo'' duet with a female. Wendy Whitfield, who has kept owls for 20 years, has been told by her council in Hampshire to remove the owl from the bottom of her garden, which b...

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