Owl News Articles Index - Page 16

Catching a late flight: banders lure saw-whet owls By Christian Berg, 2008-10-28
Saw-whet owls are one of the most common forest raptors in North America, but that doesn't mean finding one is easy. For starters, saw-whets are tiny - standing just 8 inches tall and weighing a mere 3 ounces. And, like all owls, saw-whets are nocturnal. During daylight hours, they remain hid...

Burrowing owls find a friend in the Army By Bruce Henrickson, 2008-10-26, 1 comment
While the U.S. Army Umatilla Chemical Depot is best known for the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and its mission to dispose of deadly chemical weapons, life of a different kind thrives in other areas of the depot. Not far from the depot chemical weapons storage area containing some of ...

UC Considers Owl Box to Tackle Rats at People's Park By Riya Bhattacharjee, 2008-10-13
People's Park might not get a free clothing box any time soon, but an owl box is more than welcome, especially if it acts as a rat patrol. A drastic increase in rats in the 2.8-acre UC Berkeley-owned community park just off Telegraph Avenue in the last month has resulted in university officials b...

Athens center offers owl care training course By Marie Uhler, 2008-10-13, 1 comment
In Greek mythology, the Little Owl was the messenger of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and was featured on ancient Athenian coins. Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity Lakshmi's vehicle was a white owl. Some Native American tribes believed the owl could bear souls to the afterlife. Mythol...

Black barn owl is one in a million 2008-10-11
This young barn owl is one in a million after being born with a rare genetic condition that has made her feathers jet black. Sable, who is two years old, suffers from melanism, a 100,000-to-one gene mutation that makes her the exact opposite to an albino. Dark-hued owls are normally killed a...

Captive spotted owls down to seven after death By Stuart Hunter, 2008-10-10
Environmentalists are downright owlish after the death of a male spotted owl in the provincial government's controversial captive-breeding program. The death reduces the number of birds in the program to seven and the number of owls in the wild to either seven or nine - about a 50-per-cent drop...

Injured Owl Spreads Its Wings Again By John Branton, 2008-10-02
The young Barred Owl may have wondered what was going on as he huddled in the darkness in a cardboard pet container at Esther Short Park. Or maybe he was just waiting for his chance Thursday afternoon. He got it. About 5 p.m., Kari Jones pulled on yellow leather gloves, opened the box and ...

Orphaned great horned owls rescued from Gyro Park By Paul Everest, 2008-10-01
Members of the South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls released two young great horned owls into the wild on Anarchist Mountain on the afternoon of Sept. 28. A group of about 17 people gathered on an undeveloped lot in the Regal Ridge Development to witness Ken Fujino, the centre's chief ex...

Owl is barred from the skies no longer By Bradford L. Miner, 2008-09-30
Spencer - No one likes a happy ending more than Christine Pillings, assistant animal control officer, especially when pets or wildlife are involved. That was the case yesterday afternoon for a barred owl that was returned to the wild near St. Joseph's Abbey, as well as two other barred owls reh...

Barn owls on the increase 2008-09-30
The number of breeding barn owls in Suffolk has reached its highest level in more than 75 years. The owls, which can often be seen along the Waveney Valley, have now recolonised former strongholds where they have been absent for more than 20 years. Figures released yesterday by the Suffolk...

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