RE: Eastern Screech Owl

["Bruce" <>]

Hi,

Remember West Nile Virus? I heard it killed millions of birds, and hit the
owls pretty heavy throughout the Eastern USA. Another killer of owls is tha=
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people put poison out to kill mice and rats. This poison ends up higher in
the food chain, killing owls and other raptors. I am not to sure about the
excessive light theory. I heard coyotes prefer 1/4 moons to hunt.

I hear Eastern Screech Owls now and then all over, but their population has
dropped over the past decades. They used to be very common. Well, everythin=
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seemed more common years ago. Some people think it is the change in
environment where I live from fields to more tree cover. Maybe other birds
became more dominate? Rural sprawl issues at hand to I am sure.

Bruce
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