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Owl News Articles Index - Page 6
Snyder residents rescue great horned owl
By Angelia Joiner, 2009-05-27
The perils of flying fast and low in darkness may have been what got a great
horned owl into trouble recently in Snyder.
Kay Hickman said her husband, Gay, came home from work a couple of weeks ago and told her that something was caught in the fence on their property south of
Snyder.
The c... |
Census taken in local owls' nest box
By Brad Rhen, 2009-05-27
HEILMANDALE - Most of us don't often see barn owls.
''They pretty much hunt throughout the night, gliding over fields just using
their sense of hearing, almost primarily listening for meadow voles and other
rodents,'' said Dan Mummert, a wildlife-diversity biologist for the state Game
Commi... |
Couple saves owl near Paulden home
By Joanna Dodder Nellans, 2009-05-26
PRESCOTT - Just as people are noticing more great horned owl nests in the
Prescott region this year, people seem to be helping the critters more often,
too.
The Daily Courier has heard of three fledgling great horned owl rescues in the
region this spring, with the latest occurring in Paulde... |
Tough world made a little easier for tiny, baby owls
By Kathy Velde, 2009-05-21
The plan was to remove a couple of aging ash trees when David Hinz started
working at Doug and Lois Albin's farm south and west of Hazel Run. David removed more than he had bargained for.
One of the trees was rotted out. Inside the cavity was an owl's nest with 4
tiny, week old screech owls. ... |
Dead boreal owls were starving, not sickly
By Tim Mowry, 2009-05-21
FAIRBANKS - The reason boreal owls were dropping dead at an alarming rate in
Fairbanks this spring isn't because they were eating sick redpolls infected with
salmonella; it's because they weren't eating anything at all.
Test results on a half-dozen dead boreal owls that were sent to the Natio... |
Burrowing owl experts gather in Mid-Columbia
By John Trumbo, 2009-05-21
Experts from across the U.S. attending a burrowing owl symposium today in
Umatilla may outnumber the species' dwindling population in the Mid-Columbia.
Thirty-five wildlife specialists who are concerned about the future for the
diminutive owls will talk about why they believe the endangered b... |
Road Crews Make Way For Nesting Owls
By Jaclyn Allen, 2009-05-21
LONGMONT, Colo. - It may be easy to question whether the side of a congested road, next to a busy construction zone, was the wisest home choice for a family
of Great Horned Owls.
But construction crews in Longmont will have to work around an owl nest this
summer.
A family of two adults and... |
Owls replace pesticides in Israel
2009-05-20
Owls and kestrels are being employed as agricultural pest controllers in the
Middle East.
Many farmers are installing nest boxes to encourage the birds, which hunt the
crop-damaging rodents.
In Israel, where there is a drive to reduce the use of toxic chemical
pesticides, this has been t... |
Migrating owls nest at Schriever, force protection campaign, delay construction project
By Scott Prater, 2009-05-19
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Western Burrowing Owls are back
at Schriever and the 50th Civil Engineer Squadron Environmental Flight has
initiated a protection campaign to safeguard the threatened birds while they
maintain temporary residence here.
Prior to their mating and nesting seas... |
Baby owl shuns rescue, pulls escape
By Victor Tine, 2009-05-17
BYFIELD — It was the exact opposite of the kitten-stuck-in-a-tree scenario, but it was resolved the same way: Fire department to the rescue.
Then the story took a new twist over the weekend.
It started about 8:30 Friday morning, when Alan Pepin pulled into the driveway
of his Main Street nei... |
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