Silent and deadly, barn owls become farmers’ best friends in California pest control
A male barn owl keeps watch out of a barn owl box from The Owl Box Company in Madera. The birds serve as a solution for ...
Plan to kill thousands of owls in California draws fierce opposition from some lawmakers
In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers are seeking a halt to the plan to kill 450,000 barred ...
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An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl brings Arab and Israeli scientists together
“A pair of barn owls eats between 2,000 and 6,000 rodents every year, allowing farmers to stop using pesticides,” says Yossi Leshem, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University’s School of Zoolog ...
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What an owl irruption means for UMN Raptor Center
With Snowy Owls, almost the opposite is true. Snowy Owls eat a lot of lemmings during breeding season, Arent said. When there is a boom in the population of lemming, Snow Owls have good production ...